Australian High Court blocks Malaysia refugee swap

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Protesters oppose Australia’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Malaysia in Sy… Map locating Darwin in Australia where blazes broke out Wednesday in an imm… Asylum-seekers protest on top of a building at Sydney’s Villawood Detention… Australia’s High Court on Wednesday blocked Canberra’s plans to send asylum-seekers to Malaysia, saying they could not be sent to a nation where they were not protected by law. The decision is a major blow to the government’s plans to ship up to 800 asylum-seekers to Malaysia in exchange for resettling 4,000 of its refugees, and…

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