The Australian - Cuban refugees from US arriving here in exchange for Tamils
by Paul Maley and Paige Taylor
THREE Cuban refugees accepted by Australia as part of a deal with the US, which in turn agreed to take 28 of the Tamil refugees on the Oceanic Viking, will arrive in Australia this week.
The Immigration Department foreshadowed the men’s arrival as two charter flights transported 65 detainees from Christmas Island to centres across the Australian mainland.
In what looks increasingly like a slow-motion spill from the overcrowded facility on Christmas Island, 34 rejected asylum-seekers were flown to Villawood detention centre in Sydney last night, along with 20 “vulnerable” asylum-seekers whose claims have not yet been approved. More
