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Australia pressured to resettle stranded refugees
[Al Jazeera] Papua New Guinea's immigration minister has told Al Jazeera Australia must "immediately facilitate" a New Zealand offer to take 150 refugees formerly detained in an Australian prison camp on its Manus Island.The strong words came as New Zealand's prime minister said on Sunday the offer remains alive during a bilateral presser in Australia, even as its prime minister declined to accept. Almost 600 men have refused to leave the prison they were detained in until October 31 when food, water, and electricity were cut off. They say moving to other accommodation on the island - as Australian and PNG authorities are urging them to do - would put them at risk of attacks by locals. They also dispute Australian government claims that alternative facilities are ready to live in. On her first foreign visit as leader, New Zealand's newly elected Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reiterated her country's four-year-old pledge to take the refugees. Posted by: Fred 2017-11-06 |
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