Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison is considering support for Nauru refugees.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he would support refugee resettlement from Nauru to New Zealand if legislation passed to close 'backdoor' entry to Australia, according to Sky News Australia.

Morrison said there was a bill still sitting in the Senate from 2016 that would close the back door from New Zealand to Australia.

The bill was opposed by the Labor Party and the Greens and the crossbench senators preventing that protection being put in place, he said.

That legislation would prevent anyone transferred to New Zealand could not travel to Australia would need to occur first.

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"I would urge them to reconsider their position on that."

Getty Images Foreign Minister Winston Peters wants to wait for the Australian vote before taking questions.

Sky News understood the Australian government plans to call for a vote this week on the legislation.

The legislation would prevent asylum-seekers who arrived by boat after mid-2013 from applying for an Australian visa.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters told Stuff he would not comment on the issue until after the vote had been held in Australia.