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World Associated Press 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 Australian Associated Press reported. Under the memorandum of understanding,...
Labor’s $400m Nauru deal gives power to deport 200 detainees
Senior government sources have told Sky News the Albanese government’s deal with Nauru will give it the capacity to move 200 so-called NZYQ detainees offshore. It comes after the government confirmed it would deport hundreds of foreign-born...

Australia signs deal to send immigrants to Nauru
Sydney: Australia has announced an agreement with the tiny Pacific nation Nauru enabling it to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island. The deal affects more than 220 immigrants in Australia, including some convicted of serious crimes....
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 Australian Associated Press reported. Under the memorandum of understanding,...
Australian government moves to axe legal rights for mass deportations to Nauru
Yesterday, for the second time this week, the Australian Labor government launched previously unannounced measures to overturn basic legal and democratic rights. Its immediate aim is to consign up to 400 former immigration detainees to the...

Greens, refugee advocates criticise $400m deal with Nauru to deport former detainees
The Greens and refugee advocates have criticised a multi-million dollar agreement between Australia and Nauru, paving the way for non-citizens who have had their visas cancelled on character grounds to be deported to the Pacific nation. Australia...
Federal government inks $400m deal with Nauru to resettle non-citizens
The Albanese government will pay Nauru more than $408 million to resettle hundreds of non-citizens caught up in the High Court's NZYQ decision after the home affairs minister signed a deal in an unannounced visit to the Micronesian nation on...

Australian government criticised over ‘disgraceful’ $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru
Human rights lawyers, refugee advocates and the Greens have accused the Albanese government of striking a “discriminatory, disgraceful and dangerous” deal to deport hundreds of foreign-born former detainees at a cost of almost half a billion...
'Obey our laws or you get punted': Opposition react to Labor's deportation plan
Hundreds of foreign-born criminals who were let out onto Australian streets following a landmark High Court decision will be deported to Nauru, after Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke signed a $400 million deal with the Pacific island nation....

Australia strikes $400M deal to offshore deportees to Nauru
Canberra faces backlash over secretive deal to relocate visa-cancelled individuals to Nauru, raising concerns about human rights and regional pressure. Australia has formalized a $400 million agreement with Nauru to deport hundreds of foreign-born...
Albanese government comes up with own ‘Pacific solution’ amid Labor’s Nauru deal
Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell discusses the two big developments on the national security front this week. “The first was the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi from Australia,” he said. “Then came news out of the...

Ranked: The 20 Most Densely Populated Countries and Territories
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Nations and Territories With the Highest Population Density This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...

Palestine Will Address the UN Assembly by Videoconference
By IPS Correspondent HAVANA TIMES – On September 19th, the United Nations General Assembly authorized, with 145 votes in favor, only five against, and six abstentions, that Palestine participate by videoconference in the high-level week of its...

Australia signs $400 million deportation deal with Nauru
Australia has signed an agreement with Nauru to deport former detainees without a valid visa to the Pacific Islands nation in a move slammed by refugee advocates. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke quietly visited the tiny atoll nation on Friday...
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Hundreds of crims deported to Nauru in huge Tony Burke move
Hundreds of foreign-born criminals on Australian streets will be deported to Nauru after Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke signed a $400m deal with Pacific nation Nauru. On Friday afternoon, Mr Burke issued a statement that he had met with Nauru...
Hundreds of crims deported in huge move
Hundreds of foreign-born criminals on Australian streets will be deported to Nauru after Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke signed a $400m deal with Pacific nation Nauru. On Friday afternoon, Mr Burke issued a statement that he had met with Nauru...


Operation Island Chief reinforces Pacific unity against illegal fishing
HONIARA (FFA)—The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has concluded Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of its ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...