Australia has accepted a deal for New Zealand to accept up hundreds refugees who arrived by boat, nine years after the offer was first made.
Up to 150 refugees from Australia’s offshore processing centres will be resettled in New Zealand per year over the next three years.
In a statement, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrxjmtzywews stressed it would not apply to people who arrived by boat in the future.
“Australia remains firm – illegal maritime arrivals will not settle here permanently,” she said on Thursday.
“Anyone who attempts to breach our borders will be turned back or sent to Nauru.”
