Australian Govt insists US refugee deal is still on

The Turnbull government insists a deal for the United States to take refugees from Nauru and Manus Island is still on despite officials leaving the offshore detention centre earlier than planned.US immigration officials halted screening interviews and left Nauru on Friday, a day after Washington said it had reached its annual refugee intake cap, Reuters reported.A senior member of the union that represents refugee officers said his own work trip to Nauru had been pushed back and it was unclear whether it would actually happen.But Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the US screening process is "progressing as we expected"."They have a quota (of refugees) each year and the quota will roll over again on 1 October as I said, and I expect that the United States will adhere to this agreement, as the president promised the United States would," Ms Bishop told ABC TV on Sunday.We spoke to Sydney based migration expert Dr Nazir Dawaar on this matter and you can listen to the full interview here.

Asylum seekers in the Manus Island detention centre Source: AAP