(CNN) The last of the asylum-seeker children detained by Australia on the remote Pacific island of Nauru will be resettled in the United States, the government says. In a statement Sunday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the final four children and their families would be moved at an unspecified future date. [1/2] With the last four children booked to leave for the US, every asylum seeker child will now be off Nauru. pic.twitter.com/yp17a8S1sR — Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) February 3, 2019The children will be resettled in the US under a deal struck between former Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and former US President Barack Obama. Refugees advocates on Monday welcomed the news but warned there were still hundreds of people trapped offshore by Australia's policies and in need of help.

Source: CNN February 04, 2019 03:22 UTC