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ABC News
ABC News
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political reporter Jake Evans

Greens push for immediate evacuation of remaining asylum seekers in Nauru and Papua New Guinea

The Greens will use the first day of parliament to introduce a bill that would offer immediate evacuation to asylum seekers and refugees who remain in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.

The bill would offer roughly 150 people who are still in Nauru and PNG to temporarily live in the community in Australia until they are resettled to a third country, as long as there have been no adverse security assessments made against them.

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