First 52 refugees to resettle in US leave Pacific camps
Ian Rintoul
The first 25 refugees from a male-only camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island had flown out of the national capital Port Moresby on Tuesday for the United States via the Philippines and Qatar   Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul  said.
Another 27 refugees flew to Port Moresby on Wednesday from a camp in Nauru   he  said.
Their journey would end in Los Angeles via the Philippines  Qatar and Chicago   Rintoul  said.
The first 25 who left Port Moresby on Tuesday would settle in U.S. population centers including Atlanta  Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.  Rintoul  said  he  did not know the specific locations where they were headed.
 Rintoul  said there was no indication how many of the more than 2 000 asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea and Nauru would be left behind.
"People (in the camps) are happy that these people have gone  but the big question is what happens to the rest  " Rintoul  said.
The first 25 refugees from a male-only camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island had flown out of the national capital Port Moresby on Tuesday for the United States via the Philippines and Qatar   Refugee Action Coalition spokesman  [TGT]   said.
Another 27 refugees flew to Port Moresby on Wednesday from a camp in Nauru   he  said.
Their journey would end in Los Angeles via the Philippines  Qatar and Chicago   Rintoul  said.
The first 25 who left Port Moresby on Tuesday would settle in U.S. population centers including Atlanta  Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.  Rintoul  said  he  did not know the specific locations where they were headed.
 Rintoul  said there was no indication how many of the more than 2 000 asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea and Nauru would be left behind.
"People (in the camps) are happy that these people have gone  but the big question is what happens to the rest  " Rintoul  said.