Papua New Guinea's foreign minister has appealed for international help in resettling refugees held on Manus Island.
PNG's government says the Manus Refugee Processing Centre is undergoing the final phases of shutting down according to Supreme Court orders.
The Court ruled in April that holding people on Manus against their will is illegal, but a stalemate is preventing the refugees there from being resettled
Johnny Blades reports
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Thousands of Australians demand refugees not be sent back to Nauru or Manus Island, on 20 March in Melbourne. Photo: Recep Sakar / ANADOLU AGENCY