The Australian government has not taken up an offer from New Zealand to take 150 of the Manus Island asylum seekers on the basis they might use this country as a back door in to Australia.
But what are the chances of this actually happening and if it did, what sort of threat would these people pose to our neighbours across the ditch?
Conan Young spoke to one of the 131 Tampa refugees New Zealand took off Australia's hands back in 2001 who, after settling here, decided to then move to Australia.
The 119th daily protest on Manus Island, West Lorengau centre, 29-11-17 Photo: supplied
