Refugees: Security and Nauru

refugees: U.S. officials began scheduling appointments with asylum seeker families on Nauru from Monday, Mehdi said, according to CTV. If refugees pass the initial fingerprint security screening, they will have face-to-face interviews with Homeland Security officers in Nauru or Papua New Guinea, the document said. Department of Homeland Security officers are taking biometric details from refugees on Nauru, including fingerprints, heights and weights, according to a document circulated among asylum seekers and provided to AP by Mehdi, a refugee on the island nation who for security reasons did not want his family name published. Refugees had been given no indication of how long the security vetting process would take, Mehdi said. The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection declined to comment. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.