West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea are being urged by the country’s authorities to register for citizenship. This week PNG’s Immigation and Citizenship Service Authority appealed to all West Papuans living in the Niugini islands region to get in…
UPDATE: An earlier version of this story said that Vanuatu started to accept payment for its citizenship program in Bitcoin. This has been denied by the country’s citizenship office, as reported in the Vila Times. LONDON – The South Pacific island…
By NATASHA BACH Ever wish you could be like those spies in the movies with multiple passports? Or, perhaps your escape to Canada hasn’t worked out quite the way you planned? A tiny island nation in the South Pacific has you…
Papua New Guinea has committed to integrating Papuans who fled across the border from Indonesia. The PNG foreign minister, Rimbink Pato, says West Papuan refugees will be issued a PNG passport or certificate of identity. Mr Pato says the process…