'Ball in Australia’s court': Jacinda Ardern open to resettling Nauru refugees in NZ

Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's offer to resettle refugees in Australian offshore detention centres remains on the table.

Jacinda Adern

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Source: AAP/Dean Lewins

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she won't want anything in return to resettle 150 refugees from Australia's offshore detention regime should the Morrison government choose to take up her country's long-standing offer.

The resettlement option, first negotiated by then-prime minister Julia Gillard and Kiwi counterpart John Key in 2013, has roared back into focus in recent weeks after the

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Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern says her country would be open to resettling Australia’s refugees.
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Published 6 December 2019 9:32am
Updated 6 December 2019 9:36am
By Tom Stayner
Presented by Yang J. Joo
Source: SBS News


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