Australia will seek to return Rwandans to PNG after unauthorised arrival in Torres Strait
by Paul Karp in Canberra and Rebecca Kuku in Port Mor from World news | The Guardian on (#6MPS8)
Government will require that the five men who claimed asylum will not be sent to a country where they face persecution
The Australian government will seek to persuade Papua New Guinea to accept the return of five Rwandans found in the Torres Strait in a bid to avert sending them to Nauru.
But Australia will require safeguards that the five men, who have claimed asylum, will not be returned to a country where they face persecution, otherwise it will activate its harsh Pacific solution of offshore detention.
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