Donald Trump poised to scuttle Malcolm Turnbull's US refugee deal

By Mark Kenny, Chief Political Correspondent
Updated January 25 2017 - 9:08pm, first published 8:20pm
US president Donald Trump is poised to slap a blanket ban on migration from a raft of countries including Iran and Iraq. Photo: Shawn Thew
US president Donald Trump is poised to slap a blanket ban on migration from a raft of countries including Iran and Iraq. Photo: Shawn Thew
Malcolm Turnbull and his Immigration Minister Peter Dutton announced a special one-off resettlement deal with the US in mid-November last year. Photo: Andrew Meares
Malcolm Turnbull and his Immigration Minister Peter Dutton announced a special one-off resettlement deal with the US in mid-November last year. Photo: Andrew Meares
The Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Andrew Meares
The Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Andrew Meares

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's vaunted US "solution", aimed at resettling hundreds of refugees from Manus Island and Nauru, risks collapse as the freshly minted US President Donald Trump eyes selective bans on immigration.

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