Amnesty International and other human rights, refugee advocate groups and Boochani, the uncertainty of the men's futures and the way that the government had handed over responsibility to PNG was criticised. The remaining men have been told that their options are transferring to the Nauru Regional Processing Centre or resettling in PNG. Numbers , there were 690 asylum seekers held in the processing centre. The highest population was 1,353 in January 2014. On 1 March 2017, it was reported that some were choosing to return to their countries of origin in response to offers of up to A$25,000 from the Australian government to leave voluntarily. The centre was closed formally on 31 October 2017, but hundreds of detainees refused to leave. On 23 November 2017, all remaining men at the centre were moved to new accommodation. In February 2019, a Home Affairs spokesman said that there were 422 people housed at the three camps – 213 at East Lorengau, 111 at West Lorengau and 98 asylum seekers at Hillside Haus. As of 28 August 2019, the government reported there were 306 people left in PNG, another 53 detained in PNG, and 279 from PNG had been resettled in the US so far. In March 2020, Home Affairs told the Senate estimates committee that "211 refugees and asylum seekers remained on Nauru, 228 in Papua New Guinea, and about 1,220, including their dependents, were in Australia to receive medical treatment". Transfer and resettlement of approved refugees in the US was proceeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. 35 refugees left Port Moresby on 28 May 2020, and others would be flown from their places of detention within Australia, to be resettled in 18 US cities. There were around 100–140 men remaining in October 2021, when responsibility for their welfare was taken over by PNG, after the rest had either been resettled in the United States or Canada, returned to their home countries, or been transferred to Australia. Escapees Jaivet Ealom is the only person to have escaped. Deaths The following men are known to have died: 15 October 2019 – Sayed Mirwais Rohani, 32 years old, Afghan. Suicide in Brisbane. 22 May 2018 – Salim, 52 years old, Rohingya. Supposed suicide, on Manus. 2 October 2017 – Rajeev Rajendran, 32 years old, Sri Lankan Tamil. Suspected suicide, on Manus. 7 August 2017 – Hamed Shamshiripour, 31 years old, Iranian. Suspected suicide. 24 December