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Minister pledges an extra eight-and-a-half million dollars from Australia for the United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton (AAP)
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton (AAP) Source: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton (AAP)

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has pledged an extra eight-and-a-half million dollars from Australia for the United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR. Mr Dutton made the pledge during a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, addressing the resettlement of displaced Syrians. But he has not offered any additional placements, which was one of the international conference's major goals.


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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has pledged an extra eight-and-a-half million dollars from Australia for the United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR. Mr Dutton made the pledge during a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, addressing the resettlement of displaced Syrians. But he has not offered any additional placements, which was one of the international conference's major goals.



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