TY - JOUR
T1 - Money, Manipulation and misunderstanding on Manus Island
AU - Wallis, Joanne
AU - Dalsgaard, Steffen
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The treatment of asylum seekers at the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has attracted much international attention, but there has been little analysis of its local and transnational impact. This article investigates the repercussions for the communities on Manus Island, on domestic affairs in PNG, and on the relationship between PNG and Australia. Overall, it concludes that the costs arising from the money, manipulation and misunderstanding generated by the centre seem likely to outweigh the purported benefits, particularly for Manusians and other ordinary Papua New Guineans.
AB - The treatment of asylum seekers at the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has attracted much international attention, but there has been little analysis of its local and transnational impact. This article investigates the repercussions for the communities on Manus Island, on domestic affairs in PNG, and on the relationship between PNG and Australia. Overall, it concludes that the costs arising from the money, manipulation and misunderstanding generated by the centre seem likely to outweigh the purported benefits, particularly for Manusians and other ordinary Papua New Guineans.
U2 - 10.1080/00223344.2016.1233725
DO - 10.1080/00223344.2016.1233725
M3 - Article
VL - 51
SP - 301
EP - 329
JO - Journal of Pacific History
JF - Journal of Pacific History
SN - 0022-3344
IS - 3
ER -