Refugee Behrouz Boochani will be appealing against the Supreme Court ruling from Tuesday, which refused to grant orders to restore essential services at the decommissioned center in Manus.
Human Rights lawyer Ben Lomai, has advised Boochani and others at the center to remain inside the closed facility, while they appeal the decision of the Chief Justice.
“The appeal documents will be filed today or the very latest tomorrow.
In the meantime I encourage both sides and particularly the PNG Immigration officials to show remorse and some sense of dignity at this point in time,” Lomai said.
The grounds of the appeal will be made known, once it is filed in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant orders to restore services at the center, simply because all those services are provided at the alternate accommodation at East Lorengau and Hillside transit centers.
Since the ruling, 24 refugees voluntarily moved from Lombrum to the East Lorengau transit center. More are anticipated to move.