Earlier this year, Unmiss angered some NGOs by announcing resettlements from the Bor PoC site.
The Pentagon, however, waited until Sunday to announce the resettlement. .
The United Nations, which defines a refugee as someone who has fled his or her home country, has submitted more than 9,000 Iraqis to the United States for consideration since the State Department announced a new resettlement program in February.
In December 2003, the US Department of State announced a refugee resettlement program for ≈16,000 Hmong refugees from Laos, who had been living in a temporary camp for displaced persons in Lopburi, Thailand, for >10 years.
Some 1700 asylum seekers have arrived by boat since Rudd announced the PNG and Nauru resettlement arrangements, with 118 transferred under the agreement.
The Australian government has announced a landmark "one-off" resettlement deal to the United States for some refugees held at Australia's remote offshore detention facilities on Nauru and Manus Island.
The government has announced the expansion of its resettlement scheme to cater for 20,000 refugees over five years, aiming to place the first thousand by the end of this year.
Asylum seekers in Indonesia who have paid people smugglers to get to Australia are asking for their money back since the PNG resettlement plan was announced, the immigration minister, Tony Burke, said.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey took the most extreme approach -- he announced he will oppose the resettlement of all refugees in his state, not just those from Syria. .
"Sadly we cannot provide safety for everyone who needs it, but we can reach out to some of those who need it most," said Nick Clegg when the resettlement plan was announced.
