Malcolm Turnbull announces an asylum seeker deal with the United States

File image of detainees at the Manus Island detention centre

File image of detainees at the Manus Island detention centre Source: AAP

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed the government has struck a deal with the U-S to resettle asylum seekers from Nauru and Manus Island.


U-S Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States has agreed to consider referrals from the U-N-H-C-R on refugees detained in Australia's offshore detention centres.


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