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http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/Papuan asylum seekers pursuing Indonesia repatriation
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Members of a group of over 40 Papuans who were granted temporary protection visas after landing on Cape York in Northern Australia in 2006 are seeking to return to Indonesia.
Yunus Wanggai and his daughter Anike have been negotiating their repatriation with the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra.
In January 2006, 43 Papuans landed a boat in Cape York and promptly claimed asylum - all were eventually granted temporary protection visas.
The incident sparked an intense diplomatic stoush, peaking with Indonesia's recall of its ambassador to Canberra.
In late September two of the asylum seekers, Hana Gobay and Yubel Kareni suddenly returned to Papua.
Indonesia claimed this as evidence of the improving situation in Papua.
Others close to the couple claim their return had more to do with their avoiding legal issues arising from domestic violence while in Australia.
Now another two of the 43, Yunus Wanggai and his seven-year old daughter, Anike, are also understood to be negotiating repatriation with the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra.
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Papuan-Australian community seek missing refugees
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Police in the Australian state of Victoria say they are investigating the disappearance of two refugees from the Indonesian state of Papua.
Australia Network correspondent Jeff Waters reports that Yunus Wainggai and his seven-year-old daughter, Anike, went missing from their Melbourne home six days ago.
They were two of 42 people who were granted asylum after arriving in Australia by open boat in 2006.
Members of the Papuan refugee community in Melbourne say they are gravely concerned for the little girl and her father, who is due to have surgery for tuberculosis.
Victorian Police are asking anyone who knows their whereabouts to contact them immediately.
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