Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. I refer the Leader of the Opposition to a statement about this matter by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship which was released on Friday last week and which indicates that there are 17 asylum seekers who have been in a transit centre in Romania. As I understand the situation, processing of their refugee claims has been done. Of course, before they would be able to come to Australia there would have to be appropriate security clearances in the normal way.

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