Asylu포커m seekers may be resettled in papua new Guinea, but i포항출장안마t is not clear if they will become citizens, said immigration minister Alexander Caipietro.
The centre in Elmina has housed 3,300 asylum-seekers since it opened in 2010, and a further 400 refugees, and another 600 are on the waiting list.
It is now seeking applications from 200 of these “guest workers”, including doctors, lawyers and nurses.
In 2015, it sent in a notice to all 400 f바카라 스토리oreigners who had arrived in the last five years, asking that they apply “for their right to work before July 1, 2017”, the Immigration Department said on its website.
Those interested were asked whether they were willing to apply for permanent residence or permanent residence in PNG, PNG’s overseas territories, including Manus island or Nauru, and in Papua New Guinea.
This is to establish whether the people are actually employed, whether they have received an education or received a training in Australia, and to assist the department in assessing whether they would be able to stay in Australia after six years, it said.
It would not be possible to get permission for them to settle for permanent residency, as they do not hold Australian citizenship.
“We don’t have a system to allow them to stay, but it can be a temporary solution,” Mr Caipietro said. “They might go back to their country of origin, but they can’t apply for permanent residency in PNG.”
PNG’s offshore islands are widely used by asylum seekers, particularly on Manus, and it is feared many could turn to living and working in Australia to cover the costs of their lives, which could include moving back and forth between PNG and Australia on boats.
