Behrouz Bouchani has been given asylum in Papua New Guinea, but he never asked for asylum there. He never wanted to go there. He was forcibly taken there by Australia.

I can understand his not wanting to live in Papua New Guinea. It is not much of a happening place. There is no Iranian or Kurdish community there. And it is hot and humid. Much of Iran is also hot, but not humid like New Guinea.

On the other hand, if one is making the case, "Please let me into your country because they will kill me if I can't leave," it would seem that Papua New Guinea ought to suffice. No one will persecute him there for being a Kurd.

Will they ostracize him for not being a Christian? I don't know.