Asylum-seekers in Australia win multimillion dollar payout

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Detainees at an Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea won millions of dollars in compensation for "degrading and cruel" treatment Wednesday, in a decision hailed as an important human rights victory.

Abuse, self-harm and mental health problems are reportedly rife in offshore processing centres, with detainees resorting to desperate protests like sewing their own lips together to raise awareness of their plight.

Wednesday's AUS$70 million (US$53 million) conditional settlement, to be shared by 1,905 people who have been held on Manus Island since 2012, averted a public trial against the government and security providers Transfield and G4S.

A class action had sought damages for what claimants said was suffering due to the harsh conditions in which they were held.

It also called for a payout for false imprisonment after the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruled last year that holding asylum-seekers on Manus Island was unconstitutional and illegal.

Law firm Slater and Gordon said they believed it was the largest human rights class action settlement in Australian history, with the defendants also agreeing to pay more than Aus$20 million in costs.

"The people detained on Manus Island have endured extremely hostile conditions, but they will no longer suffer in silence," said the firm's Andrew Baker.
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More at: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/wo...-in-australia-win-multimillion-dollar-payout/
 
More entitlement mentality. **** off you scum. If you followed correct process then you wouldn't have been detained in the first place!
 
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konfab said:
What right to Papua New Guineans have to be called asylum seekers or refugees? Is their country at war, are they being religiously or politically oppressed? No, they are simply after the gibs..

They got $546.3 million in foreign aid last year, but that isn't enough for these people...
http://dfat.gov.au/geo/papua-new-guinea/development-assistance/pages/papua-new-guinea.aspx
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Um, the detention centre is in Papua New Guinea, the people held there are from many different nations. They get sent there by the Australian government if trying to enter Australia by sea.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/most-people-sent-to-manus-island-are-genuine-refugees-new-figures-show-20160630-gpv5ns.html

Almost 90 per cent of the asylum seekers Australia has sent to Papua New Guinea are genuine refugees, new figures suggest.

Figures tendered to the PNG Supreme Court this week, and obtained by Fairfax, show that just 12.3 per cent of the detainees on Manus Island who have been processed were found not to have valid claims for protection.
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konfab said:
What right to Papua New Guineans have to be called asylum seekers or refugees? Is their country at war, are they being religiously or politically oppressed? No, they are simply after the gibs..
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It's not the PNGers that are handed a RAW deal. It's asylum seekers from elsewhere in the world that OZ temporarily relocates across the sea while sorting s**t out.

"I left my home in Iran in 2013 because of religious persecution and I came to Australia seeking peace. But I was sent to Manus, which was hell. The way we were treated at the Manus Island detention centre was degrading and cruel."
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But if New Guineans were seeking asylum, I'd say it's due to the cannibalism :p
 
reactor_sa said:
More entitlement mentality. **** off you scum. If you followed correct process then you wouldn't have been detained in the first place!
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What process didn't they follow? All refugees trying to reach Australia by boat get to these off shore sites.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/most-people-sent-to-manus-island-are-genuine-refugees-new-figures-show-20160630-gpv5ns.html

This means that 87.7 per cent of people who have been assessed are refugees - an almost identical proportion to the number of boat arrivals to Australia who were later found to be genuine refugees. Figures from 2012-13 show 88 per cent of boat arrivals were found to be genuine refugees.
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NarrowBandFtw said:
Conclusive proof that ozzies are now a bunch of cuks
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Papua New Guineans too...

It also called for a payout for false imprisonment after the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruled last year that holding asylum-seekers on Manus Island was unconstitutional and illegal.
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Ninja'd said:
Say it to his face

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Say it to his face

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Ninja'd said:
It's not the PNGers that are handed a RAW deal. It's asylum seekers from elsewhere in the world that OZ temporarily relocates across the sea while sorting s**t out.
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There dozens of peaceful countries between Ausfailia and Iran. I suppose it is only a coincidence that he picked the one with the cushy welfare state and gibs.
 
"I left my home in Iran in 2013 because of religious persecution and I came to Australia seeking peace. But I was sent to Manus, which was hell. The way we were treated at the Manus Island detention centre was degrading and cruel."
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So I guess you could say he reached Destination F***ed.
 
I always find it intriguing how on myBb they are always so bothered about asylum seekers in Europe and Ozzie land.

It's almost like those guys are taking away these guys jobs
 
Hamish McPanji said:
I always find it intriguing how on myBb they are always so bothered about asylum seekers in Europe and Ozzie land.

It's almost like those guys are taking away these guys jobs
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They just want EU and OZ to remain pure until they're able to emigrate.
 
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