11 Nov 2019

Canadian group rescuing refugees from PNG prison fate

From , 6:02 am on 11 November 2019

Rescuing asylum seekers from detention in Papua New Guinea's Bomana prison complex is the aim of a group privately sponsoring the resettlement of refugees in Canada.

About 50 men not given refugee status by PNG have been in Port Moresby's Bomana for three months. It's feared about 20 others will also be locked up.

One of them was Amir Sahragard, a so called non-refugee, or 'negative', now in Toronto thanks to the group Adsup, or Aussie Diaspora Steps Up. 

Ben Robinson Drawbridge talked to Ads Up spokesperson Stephen Watt.

Stephen Watt greets Amir Sahragard at Toronto Airport.

Stephen Watt greets Amir Sahragard at Toronto Airport. Photo: Ads Up