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Greens want detail on US refugee deal

Tasmanian Greens Senator Nick McKim is calling on Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to release details of the US refugee resettlement deal.

Greens Senator Nick McKim
Greens Senator Nick McKim. (AAP) Source: AAP

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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is being urged to release details of the refugee resettlement deal struck between the United States and Australia.

Tasmanian Greens Senator Nick McKim said Australians deserve to know the facts and trade-offs tied to the agreement.

"We only know the barest details of this deal, but from what is on the public record, it is clear that it doesn't oblige the United States to accept a single person," he said.

"The people Australia is holding on Manus Island and Nauru have been through enough. They need some certainty about their future."

Senator McKim will this week give a notice of motion calling for all documents related to the deal - which would see America take in refugees currently held on Manus Island and Nauru - to be laid on the table in parliament.

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"The Australian people deserve to know the details of the arrangement, and what has been traded away to get it done," he said.

"Given Labor's repeated calls for transparency in this area, I would hope that they would support this motion."


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