Manus Regional Processing Centre
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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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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2001
Closed 2008
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
BroadspectrumPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2001
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q16950534)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Manus Regional Processing Centre. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/manus-regional-processing-centre
"Manus Regional Processing Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/manus-regional-processing-centre.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Manus Regional Processing Centre},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/manus-regional-processing-centre},
urldate = {2026-10-15}
}