Lombrum Naval Base, Manus Province Papua New Guinea

Manus Island Offshore Processing Facility

Papua New Guinea

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2017

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Immigration Department (Papua New Guinea), Australia's Department for Immigration and Border Protection

Management: Transfield (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
1000
905

Yes

2 January 2014

Papua New Guinea

10,516

Refugees

3,306

Asylum Applications

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FACILITY NAMES
Manus Island Offshore Processing Facility
Location

Country: Papua New Guinea

City & Region: Lombrum Naval Base, Manus Province Papua New Guinea, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: -2.1061539351, 146.9270324707

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2017

Status In use

2016

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2008
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2017
Management

Name Transfield

Type Private For-Profit

2015

Name International Organization for Migration

Type International or Regional Organization

2008
Custodial Authorities

Agency Immigration Department (Papua New Guinea)

Ministry Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Ministry Typology Immigration or Citizenship

2017

Agency Australia's Department for Immigration and Border Protection

Ministry Department for Immigration and Border Protection

Ministry Typology Immigration or Citizenship

2017
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Transfield

Service Management

2015

Provider Wilson Security

Service Security

2014
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Amount (USD)
Services Included
Obsv. Date
630,000,000
Building and maintenance Security Staffing Food Medical
2015
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2012

Year Ceased 2017

2017

Year of Entry 2001

Year Ceased 2008

2008

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2016

Name Unaccompanied minors

2014

Name Adult men

2008

Name Adult women

2008

Name Accompanied minors

2008
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2015

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2015

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1000

2008
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
905
909
922
989
1035
1229
1273

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Freedom of movement within facility

2014

Hygiene

2014

Overcrowding

2014

Medical care

2014

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2008

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Not Applicable

2016

Yes

2008
Legal Segregation

Not Applicable

2008
Family Segregation

Not Applicable

2016

Yes

2008

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
2 January 2014
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
2 January 2016

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