Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. I refer to the fact that, between November 21 and February 9, 11 transfers of asylum seekers to Manus Island were undertaken on average every week and that since 9 February there have been no transfers. Does the minister still maintain that there has been no suspension of transfers by the Papua New Guinea government of asylum seekers to the Manus Island processing centre?

Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. I made clear last week, after speaking with the foreign minister, that there was an agreement in place between the Commonwealth of Australia and the government of Papua New Guinea to ensure that we continue to transfer people to the centre at Manus Province. That agreement is still in place and transfers will continue.