US resettlement for refugees in Australian prison camps

3,503 views · Published 20 September 2017 · 2:12 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2017 · News & Politics

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Dozens of refugees who spent years in Australian prison camps are finally being resettled in the United States.
However, around 2,000 of them will be left behind while government leaders decide their fate. Some face being sent back home to conflict zones.

Al Jazeera's Yaara Bou Melhem reports from Sydney.

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