The media reported that new rallies would be held on Sunday in the city of Darwin, where several groups of people protested earlier in the week. Australia sends refugees, who come to the country to seek asylum, to offshore detention camps on Papua New Guinea`s (PNG) Manus Island and Nauru in the South Pacific while their applications are being processed by Canberra. Australia`s policy in regard to asylum seekers has been repeatedly criticized by rights groups. On August 17, PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said that Papua New Guinea and Australia had agreed to close the migrant detention center on Manus Island.
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