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Labor and Coalition pass deportation laws set to make Nauru a ‘penal colony’ for Australia, critics say

Legislation validates flawed decisions, cuts off appeals and gives government sweeping powers to deport people, campaigners claim

The Guardian - AU

Australia to send hundreds to Nauru in $1.6bn migrant resettlement deal

The Pacific island will resettle up to 354 former detainees Canberra says have ‘no legal right to remain in Australia’.

Al Jazeera

People banished to Nauru by Australia face hostile reception as $2.5bn cost of deal revealed

Home affairs department reveals just-signed transfer deal, worth $408m upfront to Nauru, forecast to cost Australia $2.5bn over 30 years

The Guardian - AU

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Morning Mail: Warning on Nauru plan, neo-Nazi charged over Camp Sovereignty attack, 40-year-old ‘megaburg’ crumbles

Lawyers say stripping non-citizens of natural justice is ‘extreme overreach’; Thomas Sewell to face Melbourne magistrates court today

The Guardian - AU

Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn

Greens senator David Shoebridge accuses Tony Burke of ‘doing his Peter Dutton impression, dog-whistling and punching down on migrants’

The Guardian - AU

Australia will pay Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals

Australia has agreed to pay Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals who cannot be held indefinitely in detention

The Independent UK

‘Nothing secret’ about the $400m Nauru deportation plan, says Anthony Albanese

Amid backbench and opposition criticism, the prime minister says non-citizens do not have a ‘legitimate’ reason to stay in Australia

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The Pacific’s united front on climate action is splintering over deep-sea mining

In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat.

The Conversation

Hundreds of former immigration detainees to be deported

A deal to deport former immigration detainees to Nauru has secured bipartisan support but drawn condemnation from human rights groups.

AAP

Australian government signs deal to deport former detainees to the tiny island country of Nauru

Australia and Nauru signed an agreement on Friday to allow the Australian government to deport formerly detained people without valid visas to the tiny island nation

The Independent UK

Australian government criticised over ‘disgraceful’ $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru

An agreement relating to the NZYQ cohort, who previously faced indefinite immigration detention, was signed by home affairs minister Tony Burke on Friday

The Guardian - AU

Pacific Microstate Sells First Passports To Fund Climate Action

A remote Pacific nation has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to attract new citizens to the low-lying, largely barren island.

International Business Times

Asylum seekers on Nauru contract dengue as advocates call on Australia to take responsibility

Exclusive: Asylum seekers say accessing mosquito nets ‘impossible’ amid warnings virus compounds pre-existing health conditions

The Guardian - AU

Asylum seeker slated for deportation to Nauru has removal postponed due to legal challenge

Home affairs minister Tony Burke says he is confident in government’s power to deport the man and ‘will proceed with removal to Nauru as soon as possible’

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'Deplorable' Nauru visa deal to face court challenge

A legal not-for-profit has launched High Court action to stop an immigration detainee being sent to Nauru in a controversial visa deal with the Pacific nation.

The Guardian - AU

‘Served their time’: Nauru president backs Australian plan to resettle three members of NZYQ cohort

David Adeang defends his government’s offer for 30-year resettlement visas to non-citizens in Pacific island nation

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Australia Deporting Violent Criminals To Nauru Amid Legal Changes

Australia is deporting three violent criminals to Nauru following a court ruling. Concerns arise over the handling of remaining immigrants with criminal re...

International Business Times

Rights Groups Slam Australian Plan To Transfer Criminals To Nauru

Rights groups on Monday denounced an Australian plan to send three violent foreign criminals -- including a murderer -- to live on the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru.

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The Guardian - AU

Convicted murderer among three members of NZYQ cohort to be resettled in Nauru under deal struck by Labor

Three non-citizens with criminal histories taken into immigration detention in preparation for removal from Australia, home affairs minister says

The Guardian - AU

‘I felt less human, not human at all’: Australia faces moral crossroads over Nauru

Who is accountable for what happens in an offshore processing centre? It’s remarkable this is still a question in Australia

Al Jazeera

Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says

UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention.

The Independent UK

Australia asked to pay compensation for violating rights of asylum seekers in Nauru camps

UN watchdog finds refugees and asylum seekers suffered deterioration of physical and mental health in offshore detention camps

The Conversation

The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia breached international human rights law by detaining a group of young asylum seekers in immigration detention in Nauru.

The Conversation

Superpower rivalry is making Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable island nations still lose out

The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of the geopolitical tightrope vulnerable Pacific nations are walking in the 21st century.