An Amnesty International researcher says there are still a lot of question marks around the processing of asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.
The New Zealand and Australian branches of Amnesty have released a report based on a visit to Australia's offshore Regional Processing Centre last month, which has found conditions there are inhumane.
It's over a year since PNG took over responsibility for processing refugee claims, yet not a single decision has been made.
A researcher who visited the site, Kate Schuetze, says Australian immigration officials admitted there's not enough local people adequately trained to speed up the process and they aren't clear what happens next.
"There are a lot of question marks around this issue of processing which is why we call it a detention centre in our report, it's not about processing, it's about locking these people up, it's about punishment, there is this strong sense that we're punishing the victims another time over."
Kate Schuetze says the report recommends the Australian government shutdown the Centre, and until that happens, improve conditions of the facility to meet international standards.
