Will the US resettlement deal restart flow of boats?

By Michael Bachelard, Karuni Rompies
Updated November 24 2016 - 10:28am, first published November 19 2016 - 8:24am
Esmatullah Hussaini's brother drowned after a boat carrying asylum seekers sunk in 2013. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Esmatullah Hussaini's brother drowned after a boat carrying asylum seekers sunk in 2013. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Bismillah Azizi is prepared for a long wait before he is permanently resettled.  Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Bismillah Azizi is prepared for a long wait before he is permanently resettled. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah

Australia's deal with the United States to resettle people from Manus Island and Nauru has drawn a conspicuously low-key response from the thousands of asylum seekers and refugees waiting in Indonesia.

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