澳大利亞同意關閉馬努斯島避難者拘留中心
Australia has agreed to close its detention center for asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's northern island of Manus.
澳大利亞同意關閉設在巴布亞新幾內亞北部馬努斯島的尋求避難者拘留中心。
The closure was announced Wednesday in a statement by PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, who said an agreement had been reached after meeting with Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in Port Moresby. The Pacific island nation's supreme court ruled in April that the center was illegal, as it violated the detainees constitutional right of personal liberty.
巴布亞新幾內亞總理奧尼爾星期三發佈聲明，宣佈了這項消息。他表示，在與澳大利亞移民部長達頓在莫爾茲比港會晤後，雙方達成了協議。今年4月，巴布亞新幾內亞最高法院裁定這個拘留中心不合法，侵犯了憲法保障的被拘留者的人身自由權。
The statement offered no timetable for the center's eventual closing.
聲明未提及關閉拘留中心的確切日期。
More than 800 people are being held at the Manus detention center, and hundreds more at a second detention center on the island of Nauru, as part of Canberra's policy of intercepting people attempting to sail to Australia and seek asylum. The refugees are barred from resettling in Australia, even if they are granted refugee status.
有800多人被關押在馬努斯島的拘留中心，還有數百人被關押在瑙魯島的第二拘留中心。這是澳大利亞攔截企圖到澳大利亞尋求庇護者的政策。這些難民被禁止在澳大利亞重新安置，即使獲得難民身份也不行。
Dutton issued a statement Wednesday reaffirming that policy and emphasizing that no one from the Manus Island center will ever be settled in Australia.
澳大利亞移民部長達頓星期三發表聲明重申了這一政策，強調馬努斯島拘留中心的任何難民都不會被安置在澳大利亞。
