Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is 'very pleased' that the last refugee children have been removed from Nauru after the last four were flown to the United States alongside 15 other refugees.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is 'very pleased' that the last refugee children have been removed from Nauru after the last four were flown to the United States alongside 15 other refugees.
The total number of people from Manus Island and Nauru now resettled in the US is now 493. The government says it has been quietly working to take children off Nauru as it faced increasing pressure from Labor, the Greens and key independents on the issue. Image: World Vision
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