White House spokesman Sean Spicer says the refugees on Nauru and Manus Island from nations including Iran, Iraq and Syria, will undergo what the Trump administration calls 'extreme vetting'.
While it's still not clear exactly what this means, he says it will apply to all of the refugees.
Sean Spicer: "The deal specifically deals with 1,250 people, mostly being held in Papua New Guinea. Those people, part of the deal is that they have to be vetted in the same measure we're doing now. There will be 'extreme vetting' applied to all of them. That is part and parcel of the deal that was made by the Obama Administration with the full backing of the United States government. The President, in accordance with that deal, to honour what had been agreed upon by the United States government, and ensuring that that vetting will take place in the same manner that we're doing it now, will go forward."
All the people affected by the deal have been classified as refugees under United Nations guidelines.
