The Australian government refused to deal with refugees
The Australian government was accused that it had reneged on the agreement with the UN, which included allowing the elected number of refugees from Manus and Nauru to settle in Australia.
The statement of the UN high Commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi (UNHCR), published on Monday, the organization said that she reluctantly agreed to help in the transaction for the relocation of refugees between Australia and the United States. "We have agreed to do so with a clear understanding that vulnerable refugees with close family ties in Australia will eventually be allowed to settle there," - said in a statement. "UNHCR recently informed Australia that it refuses to accept even those refugees and that they along with the rest to Nauru and Papua New Guinea were informed that their only option is to stay where they are, or to be transferred to Cambodia, and the United States."
Representative of the Australian Minister of immigration Peter Dutton did not respond directly to the allegations of the UN, but said that the government's position was "clear and consistent".
Since 2013, Australia stated that no refugee or asylum seeker who tried to reach the country by boat without a visa will never be resettled in the country. According to the Australian government by may of 2017, there were 1 186 men, women and children in offshore detention centres in Australia, Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
In November, the former President of the USA Barack Obama and Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull agreed to transfer about 1,250 refugees from the offshore detention centres detention in the United States.
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