The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea has called for other countries in the Asia region to also shoulder the responsibility of resettling asylum seekers, as refugees from Manus Island are moved into the local Manus community.

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said the few refugees who have been resettled in PNG have been "well accepted" into the community.

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Neill. Credit:Nick Moir

"Despite some of the negative reporting, the Manus Island detention centre is going very well," he told Fairfax Media. "The processing of the genuine asylum seekers is going quite well."

Until this year, asylum seekers being held in the Manus Island detention centre were waiting longer than a year to have their asylum status processed. Mr O'Neill blamed the delay on the asylum seekrs, saying they did not offer enough proof to verify whether they were genuinely seeking asylum.