Scott Morrison rejects AMA plea to bring children from Nauru to Australia

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Scott Morrison has rebuffed a plea from the Australian Medical Association to change policy on Nauru, and bring families and children to Australia, saying he will not "put at risk any element of Australia's border protection policy".

The prime minister told reporters on Thursday the government was already in the process of "getting families off Nauru" and had pursued a refugee resettlement deal with the United States to achieve that end.