An Australian official says the U.S. is expected to have accepted and settled more than 1,100 refugees by early next year under a deal struck in 2016.
The United States is expected to have accepted and settled more than 1,100 refugees by early next year under a deal President Trump reluctantly honored with Australia, an Australian official said Monday.
The Obama administration struck a deal in 2016 to accept up to 1,250 refugees from Iran, Bangladesh, Somalia and Myanmar whom Australia had banished to Pacific island camps.The United States since October 2017, and about 250 more have received provisional approval to make new homes in the U.S., Australian Home Affairs Department deputy secretary Marc Ablong told an Australian Senate committee.While resettlement had been disrupted in recent months by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ablong said Australia expected the last of the refugees accepted by the United States to be resettled by March or April.
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