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Refugee deal looking like a swap

Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton

Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton Source: AAP

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


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By Aileen Phillips, Peyman Jamali

Source: SBS



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


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.

 

 


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