Original article by Stephanie Anderson, Henry Belot
abc.net.au – Page: Online : 3-Feb-17

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says US President Donald Trump has committed to honouring a deal made by predecessor Barack Obama to accept refugees being held on Manus Island and Nauru. However, Trump has used Twitter to criticise what he has branded a "dumb deal", just hours after discussing the issue in a telephone call to Turnbull. The Australian National University’s Professor Donald Rothwell says the Trump Administration has no legal obligation to accept the refugee deal, as it did not constitute a treaty.

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