Peter Dutton reveals the US has a limit to the number of refugees it will take

By Michael Koziol
Updated November 29 2016 - 10:13pm, first published 9:09pm
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has admitted that the US has placed a limit on the number of refugees it will resettle but he refuses to say what the limit is. Photo: Rick Rycroft
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has admitted that the US has placed a limit on the number of refugees it will resettle but he refuses to say what the limit is. Photo: Rick Rycroft

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has acknowledged there is a limit to the number of refugees who will go to the US as part of a resettlement deal with Australia, but said it is "not in our best interests" to reveal the figure.

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