Gillard Wins Refugee Help in New Zealand as Poll Support Slumps
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New Zealand’s government agreed to resettle asylum seekers who reached Australia, helping Prime Minister Julia Gillard as she bids to increase her country’s refugee intake and prepares for elections this year.
As part of an annual intake of 750 refugees worldwide, New Zealand will accept 150 asylum seekers from Australia, Prime Minister John Key said today at a televised joint press conference in Queenstown, New Zealand. Gillard said the agreement will start in 2014.