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6 Sep 2017

Autor:
Ben Doherty, The Guardian

Australia: Court approves compensation settlement for detainees held on Manus Island

"Manus Island: judge approves $70m compensation for detainees", 6 September 2017

A judge has approved a $70m compensation payout to current and former Manus Island asylum seekers and refugees over their illegal detention in dangerous conditions in what is Australia’s largest human rights class action settlement...

Victorian supreme court justice Cameron Macaulay said on Wednesday he had approved the settlement reached with the Australian government and operators of the Manus Island regional processing centre.

Lawyers hope to be able to get the compensation paid to current and former Manus Island detainees before the offshore immigration detention centre closes at the end of October...

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