PM strikes a "one-off" resettlement deal

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull a Source: AAP

Prime Mnister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed the government has struck a deal with the US to resettle asylum seekers. But the government has not said whether all of the detainees held in Australia's offshore detention centres would actually be resettled under the proposal. Mr Turnbull said it was a one-off agreement reached after months of negotiations with the US and would not be repeated.



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