Refugees

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What happened to the refugees that were trying to get into Australia - where are they now?

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Many of the refugees set foot on dry land for the first time in a month when they landed in Nauru, an island in the South Pacific, yesterday. They will be housed in a detention centre in the centre of the island. There most of them will have their asylum claims processed by United Nations refugee officials. About a third will be flown to New Zealand. They still want to go to Australia, even though they're not happy about the way they have been treated by the Australian government - which has spent about �12 million keeping the refugees from its shores.