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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty and Tess McClure

First refugees from Nauru to be resettled in New Zealand arrive nine years after deal offered

Nauru aerial image
The first refugees to be resettled from Nauru to New Zealand have arrived in Auckland. Photograph: Rémi Chauvin/The Guardian

The first six refugees to be resettled in New Zealand from Australia’s offshore processing regime on Nauru have landed in Auckland.

The flight follows a resettlement deal first offered by New Zealand nine years – and three prime ministers – ago when it proposed taking 150 refugees from Australia’s offshore centres every year.

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