{"id":2922,"date":"2013-10-12T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T02:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2013-10-13T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T22:23:50","slug":"west-papuans-taken-to-port-moresby-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=2922","title":{"rendered":"West Papuans taken to Port Moresby airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The seven West Papuan asylum seekers secretly removed from Australia to Port Moresby in late September have been taken by police to the Port Moresby airport.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The asylum seekers have been under guard at their hotel since a meeting with PNG immigration offcials on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>At around midday today (Saturday, 12 October) police arrived at the hotel to escort them to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that they are being taken to Kiunga camp in the Western Province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScott Morrison\u2019s action to hastily remove the West Papuan asylum seekers has resulted in them being sent to PNG which has no intention of assessing their refugee claims or assuring their safety,\u201d said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Australian government must urgently intervene to bring the asylum seekers to Australia where their security can be guaranteed and their refugee claims can be properly assessed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe asylum seekers were told by PNG officials that their refugee claim could be assessed by the UNHCR from the Kiunga camp, but that is farce. Like the asylum seekers sent to Manus Island, Scott Morrison has dumped in PNG and left the PNG government to do Australia\u2019s dirty work of denying them protection. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seven West Papuan asylum seekers secretly removed from Australia to Port Moresby in late September have been taken by police to the Port Moresby airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-fact-sheet"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Refugee 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