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Australia, US Agree Refugee Resettlement Deal For People Held At Manus, Nauru
cnbc.com ^ | Nov 13th, 2016

Posted on 11/13/2016 5:17:53 PM PST by Helicondelta

The U.S. has agreed to resettle refugees held by Australia in two offshore detention centers, although the number of people to be offered resettlement was not revealed.

Under Australia's strict border protection laws, any person who attempts to reach the country by boat is sent to the centers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and the small South Pacific island nation of Nauru, while their claims for asylum are processed.

Those that did not accept an offer of U.S. resettlement would be offered a 20-year visa to stay on Nauru but no financial support, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said on Sunday.

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; australiarefugees; obamarefugees; refugeecrisis; refugees

1 posted on 11/13/2016 5:17:53 PM PST by Helicondelta
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The U.S. didn’t “agree” to anything. Our America-hating resident agreed to it. We’ve got a shortage of Muslims here.


2 posted on 11/13/2016 5:22:02 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Barry! We Won!)
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3 posted on 11/13/2016 5:22:42 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Helicondelta

Obama had both an uncle and aunt, both illegal aliens here, on welfare and in public housing.

The uncle was drunk driving and hit a police car.

And now he’s trying to dump all these violent people on us.


4 posted on 11/13/2016 5:26:51 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Helicondelta

Bunk ‘em at 0bama’s house.


5 posted on 11/13/2016 5:32:54 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Helicondelta

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3493559/posts?page=63#63


6 posted on 11/13/2016 7:21:15 PM PST by odds
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They aren't refugees. They are prisoners. Kerry is trying to have them sent to the US. Asshole.
7 posted on 11/13/2016 8:13:39 PM PST by Myrddin
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