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Australian refugees: Who are they, and what are the terms of the deal?

February 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration, International, Refugees, Trump, United Nations 4 comments

About 1,200 Afghani, Iraqi and Iranian refugees—currently housed in terrible conditions on islands near Australia—are supposed to come, over time, to the US, under

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