4 Jun 2021

Talks for NZ to take Australian asylum seekers on again

From Morning Report, 7:24 am on 4 June 2021

A priest providing pastoral care to refugees stuck in Papua New Guinea says New Zealand's offer to accept them would "almost solve the problem".

Talks over New Zealand's pledge to take 150 refugees every year from Australian-run off-shore detention centres are on again.

Human rights activists want to see the first group of refugees resettled here before the end of the year.

RNZ's Harry Lock reports.