Published: November 17, 2018
US official Anne Richard says deal was on understanding Australia would ‘do more’ but it was not a ‘one for one swap’
The US offered to resettle Australia’s refugees from Nauru and Manus Island on the understanding that in exchange Australia would “do more” to help other refugees, the US architect of the deal has said.
Anne Richard, the former US assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, told Guardian Australia the US was motivated to take part because of conditions on Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, where refugees who had tried to reach Australia by boat were detained.
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