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."
related story:
Manus Island Centre Deemed Illegal; Detainees Seek Compensation
(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.