refugee fears over australiaus resettlement plan
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Refugee fears over Australia-US resettlement plan

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Refugee fears over Australia-US resettlement plan

Canberra sends asylum-seekers who try to enter Australia by boat
Sydney - Arab Today

The abrupt departure of American officials from an Australian Pacific island refugee camp has fanned fears among asylum-seekers that plans to resettle them in the US may not go ahead, an activist group said Sunday.

Canberra sends asylum-seekers who try to enter Australia by boat to camps on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, but the conditions there have been criticised by refugee advocates and medical professionals. 

The Australian government struck a deal with Washington under former president Barack Obama to resettle some of those refugees in the US.

But doubts over the arrangement have persisted after President Donald Trump this year reportedly lambasted his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull during a phone call and attacked it as a "dumb deal", before agreeing to go ahead with the proposal.

US Department of Homeland Security officials had been assessing the asylum-seekers at Nauru as part of the arrangement when they abruptly left the island on Friday and Saturday, Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said, days after the US passed its annual 50,000-refugee intake cap.

"They've (the DHS officials) given the people on Nauru no indication that they are coming back," Rintoul told AFP.

About 200 refugees on Nauru have undergone interviews and medical check-ups, while on Manus, some 70 had been through a similar process, Rintoul said.

"People are becoming increasingly doubtful that there is any deal", he added.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Sunday she was confident the deal was still in place, adding that the "matter is progressing as we expected". 

"We have been given assurances by President Trump and Vice-President Pence and others, that the agreement will be adhered to," Bishop told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

"And the (refugee cap) quota will roll over again on October 1."

The situation is particularly acute on Manus, with the camp set to close by October after a PNG Supreme Court ruling declared that holding people there was unconstitutional.

Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has said those on Manus would not be moved to Australia and instead relocated to third countries such as the US and Cambodia or resettled in PNG.

"News like this makes us feel dead. It defuses the spark of hope that we try to hold on to," Manus refugee detainee Imran Mohammad, from Myanmar, said in a statement Sunday via Australia's Human Rights Law Centre.

More than 800 men are being held on Manus, and 370 men, women and children are detained on Nauru, according to Australian immigration data ending May 31.

Source: AFP

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

refugee fears over australiaus resettlement plan refugee fears over australiaus resettlement plan

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

refugee fears over australiaus resettlement plan refugee fears over australiaus resettlement plan

 



GMT 06:41 2017 Tuesday ,12 December

'The Shape of Water' leads Golden Globes nominations

GMT 18:57 2016 Friday ,04 November

Historic climate pact enters into force

GMT 15:49 2017 Monday ,27 March

Moroccan Economy to Improve in 2017

GMT 17:30 2017 Saturday ,18 March

Erdogan hits out at Dutch over Srebrenica massacre

GMT 16:40 2012 Wednesday ,16 May

Egyptian actors morph into characters

GMT 23:39 2017 Tuesday ,21 November

Mohamed bin Zayed receives artists participating

GMT 15:28 2017 Monday ,10 April

Bangladesh militants to be hanged soon

GMT 20:40 2017 Tuesday ,11 April

Gunmen storm house of Libyan CB governor

GMT 12:38 2017 Wednesday ,15 November

Bill Gates giving $50 million for Alzheimer's research

GMT 06:03 2015 Thursday ,13 August

NBCUniversal pumps $200m into Vox Media

GMT 08:43 2017 Wednesday ,27 December

Minister discusses electricity, water services with MP

GMT 10:58 2017 Wednesday ,08 November

Al-Azhar's imam meets pope, vows to fight terrorism

GMT 23:43 2017 Wednesday ,04 October

UN: Half a million Rohingya arrive in Bangladesh

GMT 04:40 2017 Thursday ,19 January

Masdar signs agreement with two Qatari power companies

GMT 06:09 2016 Wednesday ,28 September

Households' cash surplus in S.Korea drops on home purchase
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday