Monday, May 28, 2007

[Australia] Trading in refugees / Online Opinion, 28 May 2007
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5896
Azadeh Dastyari
"The Minister for Immigration, Kevin Andrews recently announced that Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United States that will enable the two countries to “swap refugees”. Under the MOU, Australia will be sending the United States up to 200 refugees annually who have been processed and are currently being detained on Nauru as part of Australia’s “pacific solution”. In return, the United States will be sending to Australia refugees processed and currently detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."