SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will transfer 157 Tamil asylum seekers that it has been holding at sea to the mainland Curtin Detention Centre, a government source told Reuters on Friday, in a setback for Prime Minister Tony Abbott's tough policy on refugee boat arrivals.
(Reporting by Matt Siegel; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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