The Australian Pakistan embassy has agreed to take responsibility to arrange for Kamil Hussain\u2019s body to be repatriated to Pakistan.<\/p>\n
A letter from the Pakistan embassy has been sent to the Australian and PNG Immigration offices notifying them that they will organise for Kamil\u2019s body to be sent home.<\/p>\n
The embassy has also notified PNG Immigration that they will cover the costs of flying the body home and will cover any costs associated with maintaining the body on Manus Island.<\/p>\n
The offer from the embassy has been a big relief for the refugees on Manus Island who were initially told by PNG Immigration that Kamil\u2019s body would be buried on the island today, Friday.<\/p>\n
A protest and memorial vigil for Kamil was held inside the Manus detention centre last night.<\/p>\n
Even at the hastily called meeting this morning, Pakistani leaders had been told that neither the Australian nor PNG government would take responsibility for returning Kamil\u2019s body to his family in Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Shamefully, no Australian Immigration official has spoken to the refugees on Manus, despite the Australian government\u2019s responsibility for those transferred and detained on Manus.<\/p>\n
Angry Manus locals had also contacted PNG Immigration on the island to insist that Kamil\u2019s body was to be taken home and not buried on Manus.<\/p>\n
The details of the transport of Kamil\u2019s body is still to be determined, but preliminary arrangements for the preservation and transport of Kamil\u2019s body to Port Moresby have already been made with the Lorengau hospital morgue. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is Australia\u2019s shame that it did nothing to give the respect he deserved and provide the proper help for his body to be returned to his family. It was mean-spirited. It was despicable. It is to Pakistan\u2019s credit that they have provided the assistance that the family and the refugees needed,\u201d said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll the asylum seekers on Manus were transferred illegally by the Australian government. Kamil was forcefully sent to Manus by the Australian government. He should not even have been on the island.<\/p>\n
The government should give guarantees now that this shabby episode will not be repeated, and that in future they will take full responsibility,\u201d said Rintoul.<\/p>\n
For more information contact Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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