Australia is seriously considering the New Zealand (NZ) government’s offer to resettle refugees who have been held in offshore detention. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews told 4BC Radio on Wednesday that she was working with her NZ counterparts on how best to resettle refugees who have been medically evacuated to Australia. “We’re going to continue to look at resettlement options for these individuals,” Andrews said. “We’ve made it very clear with New Zealand that there won’t be a backdoor way for these people to be able to go to New Zealand and then return to Australia.” Andrew said there were several hundred refugees currently living in Australia after being transported to the country under defunct medevac laws. “And we’re doing all that we can to work through resettlement options for them. We clearly want to do that as soon as we possibly can,” she said. But the real figure could be higher, …
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