The last of the refugee families to leave Nauru could be charged $16,000 for their flights to the US.
As the final two refugee families being held on Nauru were scheduled to be transferred to the US on Wednesday, it was revealed once they land they'll have a big financial hurdle to jump.
US-based charity AdsUp , which pairs Australian expatriates with refugees formerly under Australian care, is trying to help. “Just seeing that amount of money - they're earning $7 an hour working in a factory and they think, ‘how am I ever going to be able to pay that?’” He fled Burma after what he says was religious persecution, and now he and his wife have an eight-year-old, a six-year-old, and a three-year-old child.
Protesters in Canberra hold up signs during a rally demanding the resettlement of children held on Nauru in November 2018."Life in America isn't easy, but we have our freedom. And my family has a future,” he said. Ms Wood said the flight costs the refugees have to pay is the normal policy in many countries around the world, not just the US.
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