PM promises places in Australia for Central American refugees

Australia is to take refugees from Central America as part of a US-led program, and stick to its plan to increase overall its humanitarian resettlement numbers in 2018. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made the pledge during a speech to President Barack Obama's invitation-only high-level summit on refugees and migration in New York.

PM Malcolm Turnbull speaks at the Leader's Refugee Summit during the United Nations General Assembly Source: AAP