The first plane carrying asylum seekers denied all chance of resettlement in Australia under Labor's hardline new refugee policies flew from Christmas Island to Manus Island on Wednesday night.
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The group - all single men - will have their claims for refugee protection processed in Papua New Guinea, after Australia outsourced its refugee processing obligations for asylum seekers who arrive by boat.
If they are found to be refugees, under the plan announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last Friday, they could be resettled in PNG.
The transfer had been delayed for hours due to bad weather.
New marquees have been raised to accommodate the asylum seekers in the expanded centre, and a field kitchen, laundry and ablution blocks have been installed in the past week.
