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Island Nations and Australian Newspaper

u.s: Eoin Blackwell / The Associated Press By Rod McGuirk Associated Press Fri., Nov. 11, 2016 CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA The United States and Australia are close to announcing a deal in which the U.S. would resettle hundreds of asylum seekers banished by Australia to Pacific island camps, a newspaper reported on Friday, according to Toronto Star. The U.S. had agreed to accept up to 1,800 refugees held for up to three years at Australia expense in camps on the impoverished island nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea, The Australian newspaper reported. The U.S. had agreed to accept up to 1,800 refugees held for up to three years in camps on the impoverished island nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea, The Australian newspaper reported. Such an agreement struck with the Obama administration could be opposed by President-elect Donald Trump, who has called for a moratorium or tight restrictions on Muslim immigration. The agreement could empty the camps that have been condemned by human rights groups as a cruel abrogation of Australia responsibilities as a signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention. Most of the asylum seekers are Muslims from the Middle East, Africa and Asia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.