Nauru, Manus transfers to US to start in 'a couple of months', says Peter Dutton

By Michael Koziol
Updated February 23 2017 - 9:08am, first published 8:55am
Transfers to the US to begin soon, says Peter Dutton.
Transfers to the US to begin soon, says Peter Dutton.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton expects refugees at Australia's offshore processing centres on Manus Island and Nauru to be resettled in the United States within "a couple of months", but concedes the US may take less than the 1250 it indicated.

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