.KKeneally says the Australian community 'does not want to see its govt treating children or people cruelly in order to secure our borders' following the announcement all children have now been removed from offshore detention on Nauru. MORE: amagenda
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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PM is 'very pleased' last refugee children are off Nauru | Sky News AustraliaPrime 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.\n\nThe total number of people from Manus Island and Nauru now resettled in the US is now 493.\n\nThe 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. \n\nImage: World Vision \n\n
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