<sod>The '''Regional Resettlement Arrangement between Australia and Papua New Guinea''', colloquially known as the '''PNG solution''', is the name given to an [[Australian Government|Australian government]] policy in which any [[asylum seekers|asylum seeker]] who comes to [[Australia]] by boat without a visa will be refused settlement in Australia, instead being settled in [[Papua New Guinea]] if they are found to be legitimate refugees. The policy includes a significant expansion of the [[Australian immigration detention facility]] on [[Manus Island]], where refugees will be sent to be processed prior to resettlement in Papua New Guinea, and if their refugee status is found to be non-genuine, they will be either repatriated, sent to a third country other than Australia or remain in detention indefinitely. The policy was announced on 19 July 2013 by [[Australian Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinean Prime Minister]] [[Peter O'Neill]], effective immediately, in response to a growing number of asylum seeker boat arrivals. The then [[Leader of the Opposition (Australia)|Opposition Leader]] [[Tony Abbott]] initially welcomed the policy, while [[Australian Greens|Greens]] leader [[Christine Milne]] and several [[human rights]] advocate groups opposed it, with demonstrations protesting the policy held in every major Australian city after the announcement.<eod>
<sod>will be refused settlement in Australia, instead being settled in [[Papua New Guinea]] if they are found to be legitimate refugees. The policy includes a significant expansion of the [[Australian immigration detention facility]] on [[Manus Island]], where refugees will be sent to be processed prior to resettlement in Papua New Guinea, and if their refugee status is found to be non-genuine, they will be either repatriated, sent to a third country other than Australia or remain in detention indefinitely. The policy was announced on 19 July 2013 by [[Australian Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]] and [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinean Prime Minister]] [[Peter O'Neill]], effective immediately, in response to a growing number of asylum seeker boat arrivals. The then [[Leader of the Opposition (Australia)|Opposition Leader]] [[Tony Abbott]] initially welcomed the policy, while [[Australian Greens|Greens]] leader [[Christine Milne]] and several [[human rights]] advocate groups opposed it, with demonstrations protesting the policy held in every major Australian city after the announcement.<eod>