PNG won’t renew Aussie firm’s refugee camp security contract
A view of a refugee detention camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. Australia has turned back thousands of refugees arriving by sea, instead putting them in offshore camps, where mental illness and suicide attempts are rife. – EPA pic, June 17, 2019.
PAPUA New Guinea will not renew a contract with an Australian company providing security at Pacific refugee camps, a senior minister told AFP, in another setback for the deeply controversial policy. The Singapore-registered Paladin Holdings provides security and other services at three “transition centres” for refugees being held on Papua New Guinea’s remote Manus Island after trying to get to Australia.
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