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Australia agrees to pay A$70m to Manus Island detainees
Source: BBC
14 June 2017 Australia
The Australian government and its contractors have offered compensation totalling A$70m (£41m, $53m) to refugees detained in Papua New Guinea.
The 1,905 claimants had alleged they suffered harm while being held on PNG's Manus Island between 2012 and 2016.
The government said it "strongly denied" the allegations but that settling was a "prudent" decision.
Australia turns away any refugees and asylum seekers arriving by boat and sends them to PNG and Nauru.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40269543
