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PNG correspondent Natalie Whiting and Theckla Gunga

Around half of Port Moresby’s population live in informal settlements. Thousands of them are facing homelessness

The land was razed when the police and bulldozers came through. A few burned-out shells of cars and roof iron is all that remain.

"Most people didn't expect the eviction to be carried out," William Paul, who lives here, said.

He has set up a lone table under a tarp to sell cigarettes and buai, a popular chewing nut, next to the scorch mark where his brother's house and store once stood. He's been sleeping in a bus since the eviction.

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