Asylum seekers Resettlement

Greens push for immediate evacuation of remaining asylum seekers in Nauru and Papua New Guinea

Key points:

  • The Greens will introduce a bill offering temporary resettlement for about 150 asylum seekers
  • They say the government could support the bill without compromising on its immigration policy
  • The move comes ahead of a visit by refugee Behrouz Boochani to parliament this week

The bill would offer roughly 150 people who are still in Nauru and PNG to temporarily live in the community in Australia until they are resettled to a third country, as long as there have been no adverse security assessments made against them.