First group of refugees heads from Pacific camps to US under deal Trump slammed as 'dumb'
by By Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
Sep 28, 2017
2 minutes
The first refugees accepted under a contentious agreement with Australia are headed to the United States, months after President Donald Trump assailed the deal as "dumb" and not in the country's best interests.
Fifty-four asylum-seeking refugees left Pacific island camps this week where Australia had housed them for several years. Twenty-five refugees came from an all-male camp in Papua New Guinea's Manus
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