Asylum seekers stranded in Papua New Guinea have been threatened with eviction if an alleged $110,000 rental arrears debt is not paid, leading to urgent calls for the Australian government to intervene to prevent them becoming “homeless”.
The families are among about 70 people who sought asylum in Australia but remain in PNG, previously detained at Australia’s detention centre on Manus Island before it was ruled unlawful by PNG’s supreme court in 2016.