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posted by janrinok on Friday February 03 2017, @05:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the should-have-had-it-in-writing dept.

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


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  • (Score: 1) by tftp on Saturday February 04 2017, @03:23AM

    by tftp (806) on Saturday February 04 2017, @03:23AM (#462722) Homepage

    Bus those people into the interior, and see how they get on with the aboriginals.

    First of all, not that many Aboriginals survived to this day [wikipedia.org] for yet another cruel experiment. What had the Aboriginals done to you to wish them such a fate?

    Secondly, how would you keep the migrants constrained to a specific territory? There is transportation. You dump them in Great Victoria desert, and the next day they are drinking beer in Sydney. This is why the refugees are kept in other countries, in camps. Once they are free in Australia, the horse has bolted. You have to accept them as they are, in their entirety, before letting them immigrate.