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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Nauru refugees land in New Zealand; EVs to become cheaper; and a giant goldfish

A file aerial photo taken September 11, 2001, shows the island state of the Republic of Nauru
New Zealand’s deal with Australia to receive refugees from offshore detention centres will see 150 people resettled every year. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

New Zealand has received the first six refugees from Australia’s offshore processing facility in Nauru – nine years after it offered to take refugees from the island.

It ends more than eight years of detention on Nauru for the six men – four of whom are Rohingyan men from Myanmar, one who is from Sudan and one who is from Cameroon.

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