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@azureline** wrote:

That pic above, of 2 happy smiling children living in squalor..... let's hope the PNG Gov. sees that the whole world is looking and fixes their issues, giving the families a better place to live.

 

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That could be why they agreed to this proposal.

I'm not a fan of it but we will be providing educational and health resources to PNG in return.

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@azureline** wrote:

That pic above, of 2 happy smiling children living in squalor..... let's hope the PNG Gov. sees that the whole world is looking and fixes their issues, giving the families a better place to live.

 

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I don't agree that they are living in squalor.  They are healthy, have good clothes, and if the buildings behind them are where they live, that is not squalor.  They have four walls and are off the ground.  I have seen people who live in squalor, in Karachi, and those people would be in luxury if they could have the accommodation in the photo.

But apart from their surroundings, those children are happy and presumbly loved, the most essential ingredients in childhood.  There are children in this country in Mcmansions or even good houses who are not happy or loved.

The government is yet to release the cost of the PNG plan - but just expanding existing Manus Island facilities to run a processing centre for 3000 asylum seekers is expected to cost up to $1.1 billion in its first year of operations.

That is before the cost of resettlement, which could cost up to $15,000 per person, and the expensive promise to help the third world country rebuild health facilities and to fund a new university system.

The costs, drawn from the Immigration Department's own contract estimates of operating processing centres, suggest the expansion of Manus Island from 600 detainees to 3000 would incur an initial cost of $600 million.

Operational costs of managing a centre of that size could be as high as $480 million a year, according to recent departmental contracts for running offshore processing centres.

Immigration Minister Tony Burke yesterday said the cost would be less because temporary facilities such as tents would be used.

PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill appeared to contradict Mr Burke, claiming he would demand a permanent facility.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/testing-time-for-kevin-rudds-png-hellhole-solution/story-f...

Number of places currently at the Manus Island detention centre at PNG:

500

Number already filled:

 

145

Boat people who’ve arrived since the deal was announced:

Four boats carrying more than 250 people have arrived since Friday

 

but only single adult men can be sent to PNG immediately with families to remain in Australia until facilities are ready, which could take until next year.

With 100 free places left on Manus Island, how long before we have more boat people than places to send them?

PEOPLE smugglers are testing Kevin Rudd’s new PNG Solution with up to ten boats on their way amid revelations the cost of the first year operation of an expanded Manus Island camp could exceed $1 billion.

How fast can Manus be expanded to take in another 2400 people?

Yesterday Immigration Minister Tony Burke said ... temporary facilities such as tents would be used. However, PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill appeared to contradict Mr Burke claiming he would demand a permanent facility.

Will PNG take Muslim boat people and Gay boat people?

Will PNG will actually take our Muslim boat people?:

Last Friday, Hela province governor, Anderson Agiru, moved a motion to carry out a nationwide consultation on the question of religious freedom and whether to ban non Christian reli...

The motion was passed with the unanimous support of both sides of the House.

Will PNG take gay boat people?

Papua New Guinea criminalises homosexuality with imprisonment for up to 14 years. Where will this leave refugees persecuted for their identity?

Nero

Are you worried that the PNG deal might just work?

Are you suddenly concerned about the welfare of these people that get on boats?

I only ask because you have started a number of threads about Labors failure to deal with the situation (copy and pastes) and they read differently from this copy and paste.

It would be good do see some objectivity from you 

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@azureline** wrote:

That pic above, of 2 happy smiling children living in squalor..... let's hope the PNG Gov. sees that the whole world is looking and fixes their issues, giving the families a better place to live.

 

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That picture would be a set up for the purpose of ridicule, that picture is taken at the rubish dump.

You only need look at the clothing the children have on, they are clean and well cared for, they arn't dirty or neglected like that set up picture is trying to portray.