File image of detainees at the Manus Island detention centre Source: AAP
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that he has struck a "One-off deal" with the United States to resettle refugees from Australian detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. Under the deal only the people that are currently in detention will be resettled in US and the agreement will never be repeated again the Prime Minister said. But refugee rights activists have questioned what will happen to others currently held in detention.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that he has struck a "One-off deal" with the United States to resettle refugees from Australian detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. Under the deal only the people that are currently in detention will be resettled in US and the agreement will never be repeated again the Prime Minister said. But refugee rights activists have questioned what will happen to others currently held in detention.