Refugees taken in by New Zealand after nine years

A group of refugees from Australia’s offshore processing centre in Nauru has arrived in New Zealand – nine years after the government there first offered to take them.

The six men, from Sudan, Cameroon and four Rohingya from Myanmar, had each been held on Nauru for more than eight years.

They’re the first refugees to arrive as part of the resettlement deal, under which New Zealand will take 450 migrants from Australia’s offshore centres over three years.

Australia introduced its policy of denying resettlement visas to all asylum seekers arriving by boat was introduced in 2013.

BBC Africa