Australia seeking refugee resettlement deal with #Philippines, say reports
Foreign minister confirms talks with Philippines ‘on people smuggling’ and Australia has reportedly offered funding of $150m over five years
Ils sont impayables ces australiens. Dans la liste des pays selon la densité de population, ils sont 191e sur 193 ! 2 hab au km2 et ils dépenses ds millions de dollars pour faire des accords pour réinstaller les réfugiés dans les pays voisins.
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Résumé en FR : l’Australie en discussion avec les Philippines pour qu’elles accueillent des demandeurs d’asile actuellement retenus dans des îles du Pacifique, annonce le ministre de l’Immigration Peter Dutton. Un plan similaire avec le Cambodge a cafouillé (quatre personnes seulement déplacées depuis l’an dernier). Des discussions sont en cours avec d’autres pays depuis des mois. Il ajoute que la ministre de l’Extérieur Julie Bishop a profité de la dernière AG de l’ONU pour cela. Selon le journal australien qui a rapporté ces dires, cela pourrait coûter au pays plus de 100 millions de dollars US.
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By AUSTIN RAMZY
OCTOBER 9, 2015
Australia is in talks with the Philippinesabout the possibility of that country accepting asylum seekers, currently being held on remote Pacific islands, who had tried to reach Australia by boat, the immigration minister said on Friday.
A similar plan to resettle asylum seekers in Cambodia has faltered, with just four having moved there since the country reached a similar agreement with Australia last year.
╲We have had bilateral discussions with other countries including the Philippines at an official level, at a ministerial level, over a number of months,╡ Peter Dutton, Australiaâ•˙s immigration minister, told reporters. He said the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, had discussed the matter with other officials while at the United Nations General Assembly in New York recently.
Mr. Dutton declined to provide details of the possible plan. The Australian newspaper, which earlier reported newsof the discussions, said it could cost Australia more than 150 million Australian dollars, or $108 million, citing unidentified government officials
Australia Negotiating to Send Refugees to Philippines
Australia is in talks with the Philippines about the possibility of that country’s accepting asylum seekers, currently being held on remote Pacific islands, who had tried to reach Australia by boat, the immigration minister said Friday.
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Australia looks to Philippines to solve refugee conundrum
BANGKOK, 14 October 2015 (IRIN) - With the failure of its scheme to resettle refugees in Cambodia and growing concerns about its offshore detention centres, the Australian government is hoping the elusive solution to what has become a policy nightmare might be found in the Philippines.
