BBC is reporting that Trump has agreed to uphold the refugee offload deal Obama reached with Australia. Australia keeps these people on a desert island, literally, and of course Obama was only to happy to agree to resettle them here, on his way out the door. Trump could have easily cancelled this deal as part of his refugee orders but apparently is going ahead with it. Why he passed up this low hanging fruit is beyond me, since it's not like he would have received any additional criticism.
"Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has thanked US President Donald Trump for upholding an agreement to resettle asylum seekers in the US.
The deal, struck with the Obama administration, applies to people held in Australia's offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
The Australian leader on Monday confirmed he had spoken to Mr Trump, and the agreement would go ahead.
Mr Turnbull would not comment on Mr Trump's controversial immigration ban.
"It is not my job as prime minister of Australia to run a commentary on the domestic policies of other countries," he told reporters in Canberra.
Mr Trump's executive order, signed on Friday, halted the entire US refugee programme for 120 days, indefinitely banned Syrian refugees, and suspended all nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Asylum deal
Australia holds asylum seekers, many from Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Somalia, in centres on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and Nauru.
Under the deal negotiated in November, offshore detainees were to be assessed and the most vulnerable resettled in the US."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38792411
Australia's tough policy of sending people who arrive by boat to offshore facilities has been criticised.
"Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has thanked US President Donald Trump for upholding an agreement to resettle asylum seekers in the US.
The deal, struck with the Obama administration, applies to people held in Australia's offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
The Australian leader on Monday confirmed he had spoken to Mr Trump, and the agreement would go ahead.
Mr Turnbull would not comment on Mr Trump's controversial immigration ban.
"It is not my job as prime minister of Australia to run a commentary on the domestic policies of other countries," he told reporters in Canberra.
Mr Trump's executive order, signed on Friday, halted the entire US refugee programme for 120 days, indefinitely banned Syrian refugees, and suspended all nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Asylum deal
Australia holds asylum seekers, many from Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Somalia, in centres on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and Nauru.
Under the deal negotiated in November, offshore detainees were to be assessed and the most vulnerable resettled in the US."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38792411
Australia's tough policy of sending people who arrive by boat to offshore facilities has been criticised.
