Refugee deal looking like a swap

The Federal Government appears to have changed its position on its refugee deal with the United States.

Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton Source: AAP

The Trump administration has agreed to honour a deal between former US president Barack Obama and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to take refugees from Nauru and Manus Island.

 

But it seems it has become a two-way deal, with Australia considering accepting refugees from Central America seeking asylum in the United States.