The country has a policy of sending people who try to reach its shores by boat to island detention centers, including Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Leaked documents and eyewitness reports have detailed grim living conditions in many of Australia's detention centers. In April, Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court ruled that the Australian-run detention center there was unconstitutional. Dutton said it had been the longstanding position of his government to work with Papua New Guinea to close the Manus center and to move the migrants elsewhere in Papua New Guinea or back to their country of origin. He said the government plans to close a total of 17 detention centers and remove all children from detention.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 17, 2016 09:03 UTC