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Background
The Manus Regional Processing Centre, or Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRCP), was one of a number of offshore Australian immigration detention facilities. The centre was located on the PNG Navy Base Lombrum (previously a Royal Australian Navy base called HMAS Tarangau) on Los Negros Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.
It was originally established in 2001, along with Nauru Regional Processing Centre, as an "offshore processing centre" (OPC) as part of the Pacific Solution policy created by the Howard government. After falling into disuse in 2003, it was formally closed by the first Rudd government in 2008, but reopened by the Gillard government in 2012. As part of the PNG Solution by the second Rudd government, it was announced in July 2013 that those sent to PNG would never be resettled in Australia.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Manus Regional Processing Centre. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/manus-regional-processing-centre
Chicago
"Manus Regional Processing Centre." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/manus-regional-processing-centre.
