Home Affairs Considering New Zealand Offer to Take Detained Refugees

MP Karen Andrews speaks to media during a doorstop in the Press Gallery at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on March 23, 2021. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Australia is seriously considering the New Zealand (NZ) government’s offer to resettle refugees who have been held in offshore detention.

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews told 4BC Radio on Wednesday that she was working with her NZ counterparts on how best to resettle refugees who have been medically evacuated to Australia.