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Australia accepts New Zealand offer to take boat refugees

Australia has accepted a longstanding New Zealand offer to resettle boat refugees it sent to the remote island nation of Nauru

The Independent UK

New Zealand to take 450 refugees from Australian detention

Refugees who tried to get to Australia by boat have spent years on remote islands or held in immigration detention.

Al Jazeera

Australia agrees 450 refugees can be resettled in New Zealand, nine years after deal first offered

Under the deal 150 refugees a year held on Nauru, or who have come to Australia temporarily, will be eligible for resettlement

The Guardian - AU

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New Zealand to take 450 refugees from Australian processing centres

The New Zealand government said on Thursday it would take a total of 450 asylum seekers in Australia or its offshore detention centre on Nauru in the South Pacific over the next three year.

Reuters

Two Refugees Will Be Resettled In The US After Nine Years In Aus’ Torturous Detention System

Now free the rest.

Pedestrian.tv

Iranian refugee Mehdi Ali released after nine years in Australian immigration detention

Mehdi, who became the public face of refugees and asylum seekers detained at Melbourne’s Park Hotel, is being resettled in the US

The Guardian - AU

Australia pledges $40m for Nauru upgrades

Australia has announced a $40 million package to upgrade the runway at Nauru's airport, its ring road and other critical infrastructure.

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Alexander Downer is the wrong choice to review the UK’s border force – Australia’s record is nothing to emulate

Downer’s appointment is clearly a political move aimed at boosting Boris Johnson’s government’s chances of re-election

The Guardian - AU

Priti Patel appoints man behind Australia’s ‘inhumane’ asylum offshoring to review Border Force

Alexander Downer negotiated Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ to detain asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island

The Independent UK

The all-powerful ‘Minister’ and Australian immigration detention

Refugees say they are at the mercy of ‘The Minister’ – three politicians with the power to grant visas and release.

Al Jazeera

Micronesian States Put Break from Pacific Bloc on Hold

Five Micronesian nations suspended on Saturday breakaway plans from a crucial Pacific Islands political bloc as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the region. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau "have agreed to temporarily rescind their withdrawal" from the Pacific Islands Forum,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Company Behind Nauru’s Refugee & Asylum Seeker Offshore Processing Made $101M Last Year

The Refugee Council of Australia says there are still 114 people held on Nauru.

Pedestrian.tv

Nauru detention centre operator makes $101m profit – at least $500,000 for each detainee

Canstruct International’s holding company has more than $340m in cash and investments, according to accounts filed with regulator

The Guardian - AU

‘Not without my partner’: refugees forced to choose between family in Australia and chance of US visa

US agreed in 2016 to resettle up to 1,250 people in Australian detention, but won’t guarantee family members qualify

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The 11 countries in the world where there are barely any Covid cases

Some areas have kept out the virus for two years through low visitor numbers, closed borders, and high vaccination rates

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