Thirty-one of the 150 people meant to be resettled by 30 June have arrived so far, INZ has confirmed to RNZ. "The first year ends in July [June 30th], we won't have the 150 because we have just started the work. But we will have 450 in the three-year period," the head of INZ Alison McDonald said.
Refugees who were on Manus Island and are now in Australia can be resettled under the AUS/NZ Agreement. But the 84 who are still in PNG are not included in the AUS/NZ arrangement, INZ said.
"It's been pretty traumatic for those individuals to be stuck there and now told that Australia has washed their hands of them," Graham Thom said.