VANUATU: Attempted deportation of West Papuan

February 22, 2006
Issue 
657

On February 9, Vanuatu's minister for internal affairs ordered the deportation of West Papuan activist Andy Ayamiseba. However Ayamiseba was returned to Vanuatu when Australian authorities denied him entry, because he lacked any travel documentation. Ayamiseba is involved in the Free West Papua office in Port Vila and was previously given a diplomatic passport. He fled West Papua more than 20 years ago with the band the Black Brothers. According to the February 13 Pacific Magazine, the minister said Ayamiseba was "involved in politics which is against the law for a foreigner".

From Green Left Weekly, February 22, 2006.
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