PNG denies asylum seeker's request to travel to mainland

Description:

A refugee who became the poster boy for Australia's resettlement policy in Papua New Guinea says he is fed up with the lies and lack of policy that are stopping him from starting a new life. Reza Mollagholipour was one of the first two men to be released from the Australian-run detention centre and moved to a transit centre elsewhere on Manus Island. But now the PNG government has denied his request to travel to the mainland for job interviews that he organised and paid for himself. Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton met with refu...

Display date:

2015

Location:

Papua New Guinea

Format:

Sound/Interview, lecture, talk

Collections:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Contributors:

Liam Cochrane

Publisher:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Content partner:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Availability:

Online