14 Nov 2016

Questions raised over Nauru, Manus deal

From , 4:02 pm on 14 November 2016

Questions have been raised about the deal to resettle refugees detained on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island in America.

The UN refugee agency, refugee advocates and refugees themselves say the deal could leave families divided and maroon some asylum seekers on the islands forever.

Ben Robinson-Drawbridge has more.

People hold up placards at a protest outside an immigration office in Sydney on February 4, 2016.

People hold up placards at a protest outside an immigration office in Sydney on February 4, 2016. Photo: AFP