US accepts 54 asylum-seekers from Nauru and Manus Island.

Asylum-seekers at Manus Island Detention Centre Source: AAP

After years in limbo on Manus Island and Nauru, some refugees will know in coming days whether or not they're being successfully vetted to settle in the USA. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says around 54 of them will leave Nauru and Manus for a new start in the USA.

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