Nauru Detainees To Settle Soon

Sydney Morning Herald

Wednesday February 6, 2008

Conniee Levett

THE last 21 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Nauru have been recognised as refugees and approved for resettlement in Australia, closing the book on the Howard government's "Pacific solution".

The men will fly to Australia in mid-February, leaving the Nauru immigration detention centre empty for the first time since it was opened it in 2001.

© 2008 Sydney Morning Herald

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