Gillard rejects UN asylum breach claim Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rejected claims Australia is flouting a United Nations convention by excising the mainland from the migration zone. The Greens have accused the government of contravening the UN convention on refugees by discriminating against asylum seekers who arrive by boat. The federal government combined with the coalition to steer the controversial legislation through parliament on Thursday. It means asylum seekers arriving by boat can be processed offshore on Nauru or Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. The prime minister told reporters in Hobart the nation was not breaching any international obligations. "Absolutely not," she said. I would refer you to the expert panel report where this was recommended. The panel of Angus Houston, Paris Aristotle and Michael L'Estrange reported to the government on the issue of asylum seekers in August last year. Ms Gillard also faced questions about the Pontville detention centre north of Hobart, currently home to around 150 children. The government has been criticised, most notably by Tasmania's outgoing Commissioner for Children Aileen Ashford, for taking too long to arrange schooling for the teenage boys. "We do seek to make arrangements for children to attend schools throughout the country," Ms Gillard said. Our approach here for first-instance detention is we work through health and security and identity issues and then people are moved into community arrangements.