More asylum-seekers to leave remote Australian camps for U.S. resettlement - source


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  • Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Another 58 asylum-seekers held in an Australian-run detention centre on Papua New Guinea (PNG) will leave on Tuesday for resettlement in the United States under a controversial refugee swap deal, a source familiar with the plan told Reuters.

The asylum-seekers are the third and largest group to be given U.S. resettlement, ending a three-month hiatus in a transfer programme that had been described by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "dumb" deal.

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