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New report questions future of US refugee swap

The PM Malcolm Turnbull maintains the US refugee swap deal is going ahead
The PM Malcolm Turnbull maintains the US refugee swap deal is going ahead Source: AAP

There are reports Australia's refugee exchange deal with the United States may still be in doubt as President Donald Trump considers whether to uphold the arrangement.


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By Lê Tâm

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There are reports Australia's refugee exchange deal with the United States may still be in doubt as President Donald Trump considers whether to uphold the arrangement.


Australia and the United States struck a deal last year for refugees in offshore detention camps on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and Nauru to be resettled in the United States.

But with the Democrats voted out of power, there was uncertainty about whether newly-elected Republican President Donald Trump would honour the agreement.

Over the weekend, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he received confirmation it was going ahead.


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