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PNG government vows to look after Papua refugees
Real estate news By Radio New Zealand International
23:23 on 28 January, 2008 UTC
Papua New Guinea says it will not deport a group of refugees from the Indonesian province of Papua, but will look after them. Our reporter in Port Moresby, Firmin Nanol, reports that PNG's Acting Prime Minister says the government has found land in the capital and will help them resettle.
Dr Puka Temu says they were given permissive residency status and they could not claim asylum in a third country.
The more than 100 refugees, including women and children, have been living at PNG's Boroko police station-following the death of a PNG court magistrate - who was allegedly killed by two of the refugees last October.
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