PNG’s chief migration officer, Stanis Hulahau, said the 64 refugees and non-refugees would leave PNG within weeks, with the majority of those to be resettled in New Zealand. Sixteen may be sent to Australia for medical treatment, he said, after discussions with his Australian counterparts.
But while government sources in Australia confirmed Hulahau’s outline, questions by the Greens senator Nick McKim to Department of Home Affairs officials on Monday revealed the Albanese government is far from providing assistance to the refugees.