"You take that up with Turnbull!"
thanks in advance.
Nov 13 2016, After election result.
It was announced after the election around the 13th November but had been negotiated before that. Negotiations had probably began by February, but there doesn’t seem to be any information around about when the deal was actually made.
A thread further down here said Turnbull announced the deal on November 13.
Apparently Turnbull has a perfect island for refugee settlement. Britain and the US have plenty of islands, too. Refugees should all be sent there pending the citizenship process. None of this is hard.
I swear I am not making this up: I heard read somewhere about the Obama - Turnbull agreement months ago . . . well before the (wonderful) election.
You might want to note that Turnbull is from the Liberal Party of Australia. He’s stuck because roughly three-quarters of Australia favor the tough-entry program that Australia maintains, and there are several thousand on these island refugee camps which Australia will not accept. No one else in the Pacific will take the refugees back....so it’s a fairly negative position.
The fact that this was worked out as a favor by Obama to Turnbull...makes it a fairly humorous deal with nothing to be gained by the US. I think if you went to actual Australia citizens....they’d say that Trump is right, and Turnbull is wrong. I’ve yet to see any US network go and ask the typical Australian on the street about their opinion.
Trump should tell Turnbull to keep his refugees over there and we’ll send him blankets and CARE packages. We’ll do a flyover over the island and drop down food packages.
Trump should renegotiate this deal or else Obama and Turnbull made a pushover out of him. I could use another word but the comment might get pulled.
Thank you to everyone for your replies.
Trump should tell Turnbull that he’ll offer to make that stinking little island they’re on a ‘safe zone’ where they can live out their peaceful little Muslim lives.