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Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is the fifth-largest island in Papua New Guinea, with an area of 2,100 km 2 (810 sq mi), measuring around 100 km × 30 km (60 mi × 20 mi).
The Manus Regional Processing Centre, officially Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRCP), [1] was one of a number of offshore Australian immigration detention facilities [2] created after the Australian Government instituted its Operation Sovereign Borders policy, aimed at stopping maritime arrivals of asylum seekers to Australia. [3]
It is located on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Lombrum is the home port of the PNGDF's Pacific-class patrol boat force. [2] After redevelopment in 1950 by the Royal Australian Navy, it was known as HMAS Seeadler, being renamed HMAS Tarangau soon afterwards. The Manus Regional Processing Centre was established within the base [3] in 2001.
Manus Naval Base was a number of bases built after the World War II Battle of Manus by United States Navy on the Manus Island and a smaller island just east, Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands chain. The major naval base construction started with the Los Negros landings on February 28, 1944. [1]
The 3 new immigration detention facilities in Lorengau on Manus Island have security and some services provided by Paladin Group under a contract worth more than $423 million. [citation needed] Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre was once operated by G4S [21] but is now operated by Serco as of April 2019. [22]
During World War II Manus Island was the site of an observation post manned by No. 4 Section, 'B' Platoon, 1st Independent Company, Australian Imperial Force., [1] who also provided medical treatment to the inhabitants. [2] Manus was first bombed by the Japanese on 25 January 1942, the radio mast being the main target. [1]
Paladin's contract for Manus Island ended on 30 November 2019, they aimed for an orderly transition to a PNG company to provide care and maintenance at the ELRTC facility. [citation needed] In total, Paladin received $532 million from the Australian Government for garrison services on Manus Island from September 2017 to November 2019. [10]
Manus Plate, a tiny tectonic plate northeast of New Guinea; Manus Province, a province of Papua New Guinea encompassing several islands, including Manus Island Manus District, the only district of Manus Province; Manus Island, a Papua New Guinean island in the Admiralty Archipelago Manus languages, languages spoken on Manus and islands close by