Nauru, Australia and NZYQ

Australia plans to deport 3 violent criminals to Nauru
Australia will soon deport three violent criminals including a convicted murderer to Nauru even though they are not citizens of the tiny Pacific atoll, after an Australian court ruled that dangerous immigrants can no longer be imprisoned indefinitely.
Nauru president backs Australian plan to resettle three members of NZYQ cohort
The Nauruan president has defended his government’s offer to resettle three members of the NZYQ cohort of non-citizens from Australia – described by Australia as violent offenders – saying they have “served their time”.
Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead?
Australia’s minister for home affairs announced on Sunday that the federal government has struck a deal with Nauru to “resettle” three non-citizens from what’s come to be known as the “NZYQ cohort”. The NZYQ cohort is a group of people released from long-term immigration detention after the High Court’s NZYQ 2023 decision.
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.
Nauru to take non-citizen NZYQ cohort freed from immigration detention
The government of Nauru will settle members of the NZYQ cohort, according to Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.
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Human Rights Commissioner says NZYQ Nauru resettlement announcement raises more questions than it answers
Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has written to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke seeking clarity and transparency around ...
Immigration Minister Tony Burke says Nauru approached Australia to take three NZYQ detainees
Immigration Minister Tony Burke says it’s ‘patronising’ to question Australia’s deal with Nauru to take three criminal ...
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Labor’s secret Nauru deal: A concerning precedent for back-door deportations
After years of calling for an end to successive Australian governments' cruel offshore processing regime, Amnesty ...
Foreign criminals could find silver lining in Nauru agreement
Greg Barns SC from the Australian Lawyers Alliance agreed that lawyers would be “examining the possibility” of using the ...
Burke expects legal challenge to Nauru deal deporting three violent NZYQ members
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke signalled Nauru could take others from the cohort, saying the government there "had ...
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NZYQ Nauru Resettlement Raises More Questions: Commissioner
Australia's Human Rights Commissioner has written to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke seeking clarity and transparency around an Australian Government ...
Foreign murderers, sex offenders to be resettled in Nauru
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke revealed the deal between Australia and the Pacific island nation, but not how many people ...
A Tiny Island Nation Is Selling Passports to Beat Climate Change
Efforts to relocate about 10,000 people on flooding-threatened Nauru illustrate a gap in global adaptation funding estimated ...