The August Economic Statement [pdf] tells us that ‘support for unauthorised maritime arrivals living in community based arrangements’ in PNG will cost $236 million over four years, and that this will be charged to the aid budget (Box 2, page 40, on the Australia-PNG Regional Resettlement Arrangement). This strangely vague language raises several questions. First, … Continue reading A whole new set of questions: asylum seekers in PNG communities?