Trump to honor refugee swap deal with Australia: source

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The Australian government source told Reuters Trump confirmed the deal to resettle asylum seekers currently held in offshore detention camps to the United States would go ahead. Trump`s "extreme vetting" order had cast doubt on the future of the refugee resettlement deal. Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, has been on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown Islamist radicals since 2014 and authorities say they have thwarted a number of plots. Homeland Security officials have begun assessing the asylum seekers, although it was unclear when those found to be genuine refugees would be resettled. Many of those in Australia`s offshore camps have fled conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere.