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US to resettle Nauru and Manus refugees

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

“I can now confirm that the Government has reached a further third country resettlement arrangement for refugees presently in the regional processing centres. The agreement is with the United States,” Turnbull told a press conference in Canberra.

He said the agreement, to be administered with the United Nations Refugee Agency, is available only to those currently in the processing centres and will not be repeated. Continue reading

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