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Court: Australia Detention Camp in Papua New Guinea Illegal

A Papua New Guinea court has ruled Australia's detention of asylum seekers on its northern island of Manus is illegal. The court said Tuesday the detentions of the asylum seekers violates their constitutional right to personal liberty.  It ordered the governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea to take immediate steps to end the detention of more than 800 people at the facility. Under Australia's immigration law, anyone intercepted trying to reach its shores by boat is...


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