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NewsMail Morning Edition Sat 20 Jul, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Asylum deal touted in advertising blitz The Federal Government is running advertisements in newspapers across the country in an attempt to promote its new plan to discourage asylum seeker boats coming to Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday confirmed a deal that will see asylum seekers sent to Papua New Guinea for assessment and - if they are found to be refugees - resettlement. The plan, which Mr Rudd jointly announced with PNG's prime minister Peter O'Neill in Brisbane, will be backed up by an advertising blitz at home and in the region. 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