The AAP via the Herald Sun (News Corp) reports on a deal between the Australian government and the former U.S. administration. Under the arrangement, people seeking asylum in Australia—who have, controversially, been detained in centres on Nauru and on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea—would have been resettled in the United States. However, according to the story, the plan is now in question due to the change in leadership there.
According to The Guardian , "the U.S. could resettle zero refugees from Manus Island and Nauru and still be 'honouring' the deal."
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Manus Island Centre Deemed Illegal; Detainees Seek Compensation
(Score: 1) by tftp on Saturday February 04 2017, @12:53AM
So we're left with the second group... Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan. The outliers. I wonder why are those three on there...
Indeed, why - especially considering that Syrians, Libyans, Somalians and other Uzbeks and Rwandans haven't made it to the top of the list - they are somewhere among the "Other" category - a dozen or two per nation. The USA does not wage a hot war against Iran, as far as I know, but Iran is #2 on the list. Most likely, this is economic migration (exacerbated by the politics on both sides - the mullahs in charge of Iran are not entirely adorable and cuddly, and they maintain a good number of mobile construction cranes.)
It appears that migration to Australia is popular only within some countries, but not the other. One would think that certain wealth is required... but no, Afghans are not that rich, but they are listed separately. Iranians probably have some money, and the same can be said about Iraqis - under Saddam, after the war with Iran, the country was doing OK. Sri Lanka is a generally poor island; those who have money there do not need to migrate away, and those who need, cannot.
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Saturday February 04 2017, @02:41AM
> The USA does not wage a hot war against Iran, as far as I know
Technically correct, but ignores the little fact that the US does in fact wage war against Daesh (IS/ISIS/ISIL/whatever-acronym), which just so happens to have ensconced itself across Syria and Iraq, just on the border of Iran. And don't forget that on the opposite border you've got Afghanistan, where the US waged its other little war against Al-Quaeda.