Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Vanstone. Can the minister confirm that the solution under the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 for refugee status determination in Nauru will rely on a country other than Australia accepting those people who are determined to be genuine refugees? Can the minister confirm how many and which countries have agreed to take those refugees who are determined to be refugees under the refugee determination process in Nauru? What will happen to those people if, as seems likely, no-one will agree to meet the transfer of Australia’s obligations to them?