'Detention of migrants illegally in Australia '

sydney - The detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island in Australia is contrary to the Constitution of Papua New Guinea, where Manus part. That the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled Tuesday.

Australia signed an agreement with Papua New Guinea in 2013. In exchange for assisting the poor island state of Australia was allowed to build a detention camp for asylum seekers. More than eight hundred people are being detained.

Anyone who attempts to reach Australia by boat will be sent to Manus Island or to a similar camp on the tiny island state Nauru. The United Nations and several human rights organizations regularly complain about the appalling conditions in the camps.

Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said that his government does not intend to modify its asylum policy.,, Those in the regional processing center on Manus get refugee status can settle in Papua New Guinea, '' said Dutton.,, People who are not refugees must return to their home country. ''