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The White House has confirmed President Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to honour the deal to take refugees from Australia's offshore detention centres.
The deal for the US to consider taking refugees from Manus Island and Nauru was made by the Turnbull Government in the latter days of the Obama administration.
Today the White House press office sent a written statement to the ABC in relation to the status of the deal.
"The President is still considering whether or not he will move forward with this deal at this time," the statement read.
The statement mirrored comments made in a phone call to the ABC from a senior White House official yesterday.
Michael Anton, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, also confirmed to the ABC and others that the President is still evaluating the agreement.
On Wednesday, press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters in Washington the deal would go ahead, subject to the "extreme vetting" of approximately 1,250 refugees.
Those comments were subsequently walked back, but Australian officials said the Trump administration had already told officials to ramp up arrangements needed to get the process underway.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Mr Trump gave him a personal assurance during a phone call on the weekend that the deal will be honoured.
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