White House says US will take up to 1,250 refugees under Australian deal

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January 31, 2017 at 08:53PM

• Sean Spicer says Obama-era deal to take refugees from Australia’s offshore detention centres will go ahead
• He says they will be subject to ‘extreme vetting’

The US government has confirmed it will resettle 1,250 refugees from Australia’s offshore detention islands of Manus and Nauru, but stressed they will all undergo “extreme vetting” before being accepted.

Sean Spicer, White House spokesman for the new president, Donald Trump, confirmed the deal – brokered by Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama – would be honoured, and for the first time, confirmed the number that would be accepted under the plan.

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