Nauru disputes refugee deal: Rudd caught red-handed again

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THE Nauru government says asylum-seekers have no chance of permanent residency in the tiny Pacific nation, contradicting Labor's claim that boatpeople would now be settled there.

Two days after Labor signed an agreement with Nauru, the Pacific island nation has disputed the basic terms of the deal, saying permanent settlement is "not allowed".

On Saturday, the Prime Minister lauded the new memorandum of understanding as an important layer in Labor's regional approach to processing.

Mr Rudd said resettlement in Nauru would probably remove the incentive for asylum-seekers to travel to Australia by boat. It would also align Australia's arrangement with Nauru with the agreement with Papua New Guinea, under which all boatpeople are to be transferred there for processing and eventual resettlement.

"It will now be possible for asylum-seekers to not only be processed in Nauru, if they are found to be in need of protection, they could also be settled there," Mr Rudd said.


Flanked by Immigration Minister Tony Burke and Nauru President Baron Waqa, Mr Rudd said asylum-seekers would "have the opportunity to settle and reside in Nauru".

Nauru government spokeswoman Joanna Olsen said yesterday.
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“It was particularly troubling to hear the Prime minister of Papua New Guinea telling reporters at Friday’s media conference that he hoped there would be no refugees for his country to settle."-RCOA chief executive officer Paul Power

http://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/n/mr/130723_PNG.pdf