Australia and New Zealand to finalise deal to resettle refugees in ‘next few weeks’
by Eva Corlett in Wellington and Ben Doherty in Sydne from World news | The Guardian on (#5W7MD)
Australia's insistence that refugees must not be able to enter the backdoor way' via NZ remains a sticking point in negotiations
Australia and New Zealand have reached an in principle" deal to resettle refugees from Australia's offshore detention regime, with negotiations due to be finalised in the next few weeks".
The Australian home affairs department secretary, Mike Pezzullo, told a Senate committee hearing on Monday that New Zealand's longstanding offer to accept 150 refugees from Australia's offshore islands would go back for a final round of negotiations".
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