21 Nov 2019

Attempts to move PNG refugees into community flounder

From , 5:00 am on 21 November 2019

Attempts are being made to move about 50 of the refugees detained by Australia in Papua New Guinea into community housing .

Since August, the refugees have been staying in hotels and motels in Port Moresby after almost all were moved off the island.

There was an attempt to move a group into the community last week but that failed and the Refugee Action Coalition's Ian Rintoul says the latest effort was made on Tuesday.

Don Wiseman asked him how it had gone.

Asylum seekers board a bus at Granville Hotel.

Asylum seekers board a bus at Granville Hotel. Photo: Shaminda Kanapathi