New Zealand Agrees to Receive 150 Refugees From Australia for Next 3 Years

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (R) poses for a photo with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison ahead of their annual talks in Queenstown, New Zealand, on May 31, 2021. Joe Allison/Getty Images

Australia and New Zealand have agreed to resettle up to 150 refugees for three years from Australia’s offshore detention centre in Nauru, nine years after the offer was first made.

Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews and New Zealand Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi jointly announced the new arrangement for a total of 450 refugees, which will be implemented under New Zealand’s existing refugee quota program.