CANBERRA: Australia will take an extra 12,000 refugees in response to the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday, confirming Canberra would join coalition air strikes against Islamic State group in Syria.
Under growing pressure to increase Australia's refugee intake, Abbott said the government would also pay to support 240,000 displaced people in countries neighbouring Syria and Iraq.
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