Dateline Pacific for 13 May 2019

Efforts are underway in Vanuatu to repatriate dozens of Bangaldeshi migrants who say they were trafficked there; allegations of serious mismangement and abuse of process have surfaced at the University of the South Pacific; Indonesia has lost a significant asset in its Pacific diplomacy in the recently deceased West Papuan Franzalbert Joku, an expert in Indonesian history says; an innovative biogas project in Tuvalu is helping to transform the lives of 40 local families who now have a year round supply of cooking fuel generated from pig manure and food scraps.