New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's offer to take refugees from Australia's offshore detention centres remains on the table.
The offer was first made in 2013 and was most recently rejected by the Australian government in February.
About 2000 people have been detained for four years without trial in Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island for traveling to Australia by sea to seek asylum.
Ardern said her government was committed to the offer to take 150 refugees from offshore detention, but she said she needed to study the proposal.
The Australian government wants its offshore detainees banned from entering Australia and has rejected the offer as detainees who earn New Zealand citizenship would have the right to go to Australia.
Meanwhile, the United Nations' refugee agency has warned of an imminent humanitarian crisis on Manus Island with the detention centre due to close next week.
Source: RadioNZ
