Island Nations: Nauru Governments and Immigration Camps

island nations: Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton said U.S. State and Homeland Security Department officials should be commended for their effective work with the Australian, Papua New Guinea and Nauru governments to fulfil a promise by President Barak Obama's administration to take up to 1,250 refugees off Australia's hands, according to Metro News. There's no delay in the process, Dutton told reporters. The refugees are among hundreds of asylum seekers mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka who have been languishing for up to four years in immigration camps on the impoverished Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru. It's in the final stages and I'm very pleased that hopefully as soon as possible we can get people ... off the islands. Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. Dutton declined to outline any details of that process or say when the first refugees were likely to leave the islands. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.