PNG refuses to guarantee boat turnaround target of 48 hours Papua New Guinea immigration minister Rimbink Pato said PND was committed to working with Australia but would not break its own domestic laws. Papua New Guinea has cast doubt on the Abbott government's target of transferring asylum seekers to Manus Island within 48 hours, vowing it won't break its own immigration laws to meet the deadline. Despite Immigration Minister Scott Morrison's insistence that the superfast turnaround would be the norm, PNG Foreign and Immigration Minister Rimbink Pato told Fairfax Media he could not commit to the time frame, which is down from 10 to 12 days under Labor. He was speaking after Labor and some medical specialists raised concerns over Mr Morrison's pledge to transfer asylum seekers off Christmas Island and into detention on Manus Island or Nauru, which they said would not leave time for proper health checks. It came as acting border protection czar Air Marshal Mark Binskin announced that just one boat had arrived since Monday, carrying 79 asylum-seekers. Mr Pato said PNG was committed to working with Australia but would not break its own domestic laws or international laws to meet the 48-hour target. There will be bumps along the way in terms of going through customs, ensuring adequate medical supplies, adequate accommodation. Those are things we will try to address," Mr Pato said. We're not going to break any law to make this happen. Our political commitment is to do it ... within the quickest possible time. Whether it takes 48 hours or more, that is a matter which will be ... subject to the technical requirements. I can neither guarantee nor deny it ... we will work within the spirit of the agreement. Asked what health checks were required under PNG law and whether more medical and quarantine facilities were needed, Mr Pato said this was a "technical issue" for the country's Chief Migration Officer, Mataio Rabura. Mr Rabura could not be reached for comment. But the PNG government's website says visitors to the country must be "of good health" and medical documentation of HIV tests and chest X-rays for tuberculosis may be required. Mr Morrison said at his weekly briefing on Friday that he remained "totally satisfied" with the quick turnaround arrangement and insisted the same health checks would be done as happened under Labor. Shadow immigration minister Tony Burke has slammed the 48-hour target, saying it "flies in the face" of health screening advice he was given when he was minister.