Australia plans to deport 3 violent criminals to Nauru
1 month, 1 week ago

Australia plans to deport 3 violent criminals to Nauru

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — 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. Opposition leader Peter Dutton said on Monday that more than 200 immigrants with criminal records who could not be deported would remain in Australia despite the Nauru deal. Australian High Court forces the release of more than 200 immigrants An Australian High Court decision in 2023 overturned the government’s policy of leaving in detention immigrants who failed Australia’s character test, usually because of criminal conduct. Rintoul said almost 100 asylum seekers who remain Australia’s responsibility are in Nauru waiting to be resettled.

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Plans to deport three non-citizens to Nauru thwarted by legal challenges
1 month ago

Plans to deport three non-citizens to Nauru thwarted by legal challenges

ABC  

It's been revealed the federal government can't go ahead with the deportation to Nauru of all three people identified for removal after urgent court applications were lodged. Plans to deport one Iraqi man to Nauru were thwarted after an urgent application to the High Court on Friday. Today, the High Court held a preliminary hearing about the case, which asks …

Legal challenge launched to Australia's paid deportation to Nauru
1 month ago

Legal challenge launched to Australia's paid deportation to Nauru

ABC  

Efforts to deport a man from Australia to Nauru will be challenged in the High Court, a legal not-for-profit has confirmed. The man is one of three currently in immigration detention awaiting transfer to the small Pacific nation, which Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke revealed on Sunday had been paid to take them. Nauru to take members of NZYQ cohort …

Rights groups slam Australian plan to transfer criminals to Nauru
1 month, 1 week ago

Rights groups slam Australian plan to transfer criminals to Nauru

Raw Story  

by Laura CHUNG 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. Canberra said Sunday it had paid an undisclosed sum to Nauru -- population about 13,000 -- in return for it issuing 30-year visas to the trio, who lost their …

Nauru to take non-citizen NZYQ cohort freed from immigration detention
1 month, 1 week ago

Nauru to take non-citizen NZYQ cohort freed from immigration detention

ABC  

Nauru will offer visas to members of the NZYQ cohort of non-citizens released into the Australian community following a High Court decision, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has revealed. Burke suggests Nauru was paid, flags court challenge Mr Burke visited Nauru earlier this year and suggested Australia had offered the Pacific nation something as part of an "arrangement", but declined …

Australia asked to pay compensation for violating rights of asylum seekers in Nauru camps
2 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Australia violated the human rights …

Nauru agrees to give Australia veto rights over pacts with third nations including China
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nauru agrees to give Australia veto rights over pacts with third nations including China

CNN  

Melbourne, Australia AP — Australia announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru on Monday that gives Canberra a veto right over a range of pacts the tiny Pacific atoll might want to enter with third countries, including China. Australia offered 140 million Australian dollars over five years to the remote nation’s population of 12,000 under the treaty to be implemented next …

First Trump planned it, now ALBO is pushing ahead with mass deportations from Australia
4 months ago

First Trump planned it, now ALBO is pushing ahead with mass deportations from Australia

Daily Mail  

Up to 80,000 people of various visa categories could be potentially removed to third countries by the Albanese government's migration bill that legal experts, advocates and former refugees have lambasted. Up to 80,000 people of various visa categories could be potentially removed to third countries by the Albanese government's migration bill. Mr Albanese is pictured President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed …

Australia passes laws to handle migrant convicts who can’t be held indefinitely or deported
1 year, 4 months ago

Australia passes laws to handle migrant convicts who can’t be held indefinitely or deported

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Migrants with criminal records face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation passed by the Australian Parliament on Thursday. The government said it has released 84 people — most of whom have convictions for crimes including murder and rape — since the court ruled last week that indefinite detention of …

3 murderers freed in Australia after court ruled out holding migrants indefinitely, minister says
1 year, 4 months ago

3 murderers freed in Australia after court ruled out holding migrants indefinitely, minister says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three murderers are among 81 …

A teenager is among the first boat arrivals sent to Nauru in nine years
1 year, 5 months ago

A teenager is among the first boat arrivals sent to Nauru in nine years

ABC  

A 17-year-old boy is among a group detained inside the regional processing centre on the remote pacific island of Nauru. "Therefore, those personnel have been transferred to Nauru for regional processing by the government of Nauru, in accordance with longstanding Operation Sovereign Borders policies," he said. In recent years, the Nauru Processing Centre has been wound back, as refugees and …

End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?
1 year, 8 months ago

End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?

The Diplomat  

The Australian government was expected to begin the process of removing all remaining asylum seekers from the island of Nauru by the end of June, more than a decade after the offshore processing on the tiny Pacific Island was restarted. As Human Rights Watch noted, “few other countries go to such lengths to deliberately inflict suffering on people seeking safety …

Last refugee held on Nauru arrives in Australia
1 year, 9 months ago

Last refugee held on Nauru arrives in Australia

Al Jazeera  

While offshore detention policy is being wound down, campaigners say ‘dark chapter’ will not end until last refugees leave PNG. The last refugee held on the Pacific island of Nauru under Australia’s notorious offshore detention policy has been evacuated to Australia, according to refugee advocacy groups. One chapter of misery is over.” Australia resumed sending refugees to Nauru in 2013 …

Australia accepts New Zealand offer to take boat refugees
3 years ago

Australia accepts New Zealand offer to take boat refugees

Associated Press  

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Australia on Thursday accepted a longstanding New Zealand offer to resettle boat refugees it had sent to the remote island nation of Nauru. Under the terms of the deal, New Zealand will resettle up to 450 refugees over three years who are either living on Nauru or in temporary processing facilities in Australia. Former New Zealand …

Australia ends migrants housing deal with Papua New Guinea
3 years, 5 months ago

Australia ends migrants housing deal with Papua New Guinea

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is ending a deal with Papua New Guinea to house asylum-seekers, leaving scores who have spent years on the South Pacific island nation the options of resettling in the United States or the tiny atoll of Nauru. Australia has been paying Papua New Guinea and Nauru since 2013 to house thousands of asylum-seekers who attempt to …

Australia to stop detaining asylum seekers in PNG
3 years, 5 months ago

Australia to stop detaining asylum seekers in PNG

Al Jazeera  

Papua New Guinea says it will provide asylum seekers who wish to stay a path to citizenship, but rights group accuse Canberra of ‘dumping’ refugees. Australia will stop detaining asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea at the end of December, the two countries have announced, as the Australian government shuts one of two controversial detention centres it set up in …

Nauru 19 members seek political asylum in Australia as retrial begins
5 years, 4 months ago

Nauru 19 members seek political asylum in Australia as retrial begins

ABC  

A former Nauruan politician is seeking political asylum in Australia as a retrial of anti-Government protestors kicks off in the island nation today. Key points: The 'Nauru 19' are opposition MPs who were charged with rioting in 2015 A retired Australian judge threw out the case, calling it a "shameful affront" Some facing retrial have fled to Australia to seek …

Australia to move child refugees on Nauru to the US
6 years, 1 month ago

Australia to move child refugees on Nauru to the US

Al Jazeera  

Nauru is one of two camps where refugees and asylum seekers were put by Australian government. “Every asylum seeker child has now been removed from Nauru or has had their claim processed and has a clear path off the island,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. Horrid conditions In 2017, Australia closed its Manus detention centre and tried …

Facing heat, Australia to take children off Nauru by year-end
6 years, 4 months ago

Facing heat, Australia to take children off Nauru by year-end

Al Jazeera  

Number of children held on Pacific island has more than halved in two months with refugee groups saying only 38 remain. “There are hardly any children on Nauru … and we expect that by the end of this year, there will be none,” Australia’s top diplomat in Britain, High Commissioner George Brandis, told the London radio station LBC. “Children have …

Asylum seeker families flown to Adelaide as part of 'quiet' removal of children from Nauru
6 years, 4 months ago

Asylum seeker families flown to Adelaide as part of 'quiet' removal of children from Nauru

ABC  

Asylum seekers from Nauru are receiving treatment at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital, as children continue to be moved from the Pacific nation to Australia. Key points: Asylum seeker families detained on Nauru have been arriving in Adelaide The SA Government says children are receiving treatment in hospital A refugee advocate says they still face major uncertainty about the future …

Shock statistic that proves Australia wants children and their families OFF Nauru
6 years, 4 months ago

Shock statistic that proves Australia wants children and their families OFF Nauru

Daily Mail  

Australians want the government to accept an offer from New Zealand to resettle refugees in detention on Nauru, according to a new poll. The YouGov Galaxy poll commissioned by The Sunday Telegraph reveals 79 per cent of people want children and their families transferred off the island. Support for the NZ deal was strongest among millennials, according to the poll …

Former Home Affairs insider calls for Nauru and Manus Island refugees to be brought to Australia
6 years, 5 months ago

Former Home Affairs insider calls for Nauru and Manus Island refugees to be brought to Australia

ABC  

A man who worked for the Home Affairs department up until last week fears there will be a high price to pay if the Government does not resettle refugees on Nauru and Manus Island in Australia. On Thursday one of the Government's own MPs, Julia Banks, backed calls to change the policy on resettlement in Australia, saying we have a …

Pressure mounts on Australia over child refugees held in Nauru
6 years, 5 months ago

Pressure mounts on Australia over child refugees held in Nauru

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of people marched to the Australian parliament on Tuesday to demand the government suspend its policy of sending asylum seekers and refugees to remote Pacific territories, and bring children already detained on Manus Island to Australia. About 500 protesters representing 30 different groups from around rural Australia, including high school students, took part in the rally, amid mounting concern …

Pressure mounts on Australia over child refugees held in Nauru
6 years, 5 months ago

Pressure mounts on Australia over child refugees held in Nauru

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of people marched to the Australian parliament on Tuesday to demand the government suspend its policy of sending asylum seekers and refugees to remote Pacific territories, and bring children already detained on Manus Island to Australia. About 500 protesters representing 30 different groups from around rural Australia, including high school students, took part in the rally, amid mounting concern …

Asylum seeker doctor removed from island as Nauruan Government blocks medical evacuation
6 years, 6 months ago

Asylum seeker doctor removed from island as Nauruan Government blocks medical evacuation

ABC  

The ABC understands the most senior medical officer working with asylum seekers on Nauru has been removed from the island amid an ongoing stoush over the transfer of patients off the island. Key points: The Queensland doctor was employed by an Australian Government contractor as a locum on Nauru On Wednesday, the Australian Federal Court heard the Nauruan Government had …

Nauru faces uncertain economic future as asylum seekers leave and the money dries up
6 years, 6 months ago

Nauru faces uncertain economic future as asylum seekers leave and the money dries up

ABC  

Regional leaders attending the annual Pacific Islands Forum have gathered on the tiny island of Nauru, one of the few countries to have been both the richest and the poorest in the world in the last 50 years. Key points: Nauru first became the site of an Australian-funded processing centre in 2001 It draws revenue from the visa fees it …

Refugee crisis rears its head at Commonwealth Games on Gold Coast
6 years, 11 months ago

Refugee crisis rears its head at Commonwealth Games on Gold Coast

Daily Mail  

The refugee crisis has reared its ugly head at the Commonwealth Games after an unfortunate coincidence saw the Nauru team enter the opening ceremony to the tune of Beds Are Burning. Australians watching the opening ceremony from home on Wednesday night took to social media to highlight the 'awkward moment' Nauru entered the stadium to the ill-fitting Midnight Oil song. …

Why Australia’s detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island are still open
7 years, 7 months ago

Why Australia’s detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island are still open

Al Jazeera  

I’ve been making films for more than 20 years and this is the hardest film I have ever made. One year ago, on August 17, 2016, Papua New Guinea and Australia announced they would close the Manus Island offshore detention centre, after PNG’s Supreme Court had ruled the centre was illegal and in breach of fundamental human rights. by Eva …

Australian leader vague on fate of asylum seekers
7 years, 11 months ago

Australian leader vague on fate of asylum seekers

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — The future of hundreds of asylum seekers languishing at an Australian-run detention center in Papua New Guinea remained in doubt on Saturday, with the leaders of both countries declining to provide details about what will happen to the men if a deal to resettle them in the United States falls through. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said during …

Nauru president: Australia’s refugee policy ‘working well’
7 years, 11 months ago

Nauru president: Australia’s refugee policy ‘working well’

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Nauru’s president said Thursday that Australia’s controversial policy of sending asylum seekers to his Pacific island nation was “working well,” as he met with the Australian prime minister amid questions over the fate of hundreds of refugees languishing at Nauru’s Australian-run detention camp. The meeting in Sydney between President Baron Waqa and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull follows fresh …

Government confident Trump's expected ban on refugees won't kill Nauru, Manus resettlement deal
8 years, 2 months ago

Government confident Trump's expected ban on refugees won't kill Nauru, Manus resettlement deal

ABC  

The Turnbull Government is confident the future of Australia's one-off refugee deal will not be affected by US President Donald Trump's expected temporary ban on most refugees. Mr Trump is poised to sign an executive order to impose a multi-month ban on allowing refugees into the US, with the exception of religious minorities escaping persecution. Senior government sources say the …

Australia poised to announce refugee resettlement deal with United States
8 years, 4 months ago

Australia poised to announce refugee resettlement deal with United States

ABC  

Australia is on the brink of signing a breakthrough deal with the United States on asylum seekers after months of protracted negotiations. Key points: Under the deal the US will resettle detainees on Manus Island and Nauru found to be refugees 'Plenty of time' for deal to be struck before hardline Trump takes office, Pyne says Labor welcomes prospect of …

Manus Island, Nauru refugees to be banned from entering Australia, Malcolm Turnbull says
8 years, 4 months ago

Manus Island, Nauru refugees to be banned from entering Australia, Malcolm Turnbull says

ABC  

The Federal Government will soon move to ban refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru from ever coming to Australia, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says. Key points: Law would cover those who tried to reach Australia by boat from mid-July 2013 It would block them from obtaining any visa Refugee advocates fear policy will "push people over the …

'I Felt Like I Was A Slave'; Report Slams Conditions For Refugees On Nauru
8 years, 5 months ago

'I Felt Like I Was A Slave'; Report Slams Conditions For Refugees On Nauru

NPR  

'I Felt Like I Was A Slave'; Report Slams Conditions For Refugees On Nauru Enlarge this image toggle caption DigitalGlobe/ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images DigitalGlobe/ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images A newly released report describes disintegrating mental health among dozens of the more than 1,100 people being held by Australia on the Pacific island nation of Nauru. The Amnesty report characterizes the overall scale of the mental …

Nauru: Australia’s Guantanamo Bay?
8 years, 6 months ago

Nauru: Australia’s Guantanamo Bay?

Al Jazeera  

In 2013, Australia’s government announced a tough new policy towards refugees travelling by boat to its shores. There, in Nauru and on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, they are still held in what Australia’s government calls “regional processing centres”. Nauru’s “detention centre” first opened in 2001, under a policy brought in by Australia’s conservative Liberal Party – the so-called “Pacific …

Nauru: A place of abuse and desperation
8 years, 6 months ago

Nauru: A place of abuse and desperation

Al Jazeera  

Following recent revelations, giving further details of conditions for asylum seekers in Australia’s offshore detention network, a former refugee prison camp employee, Natasha Blucher, has told Al Jazeera of her relief at seeing the publication of documents leaked from within the system, reporting on alleged human rights abuses against some 442 people who remain on Nauru as asylum seekers. “It …

Danish politicians to visit Nauru to study use of offshore detention centres, Government says
8 years, 7 months ago

Danish politicians to visit Nauru to study use of offshore detention centres, Government says

ABC  

Danish members of parliament are set to travel to Nauru to visit the island's controversial detention centre and study the use of offshore settlements for asylum-seekers, one of the MPs said. Key points: Six MPs will visit on Saturday One MP says it is a chance to ask questions Australia is preventing journalists from asking Other MPs call the policy …

Nauru: Leak reveals children sexually abused at prison
8 years, 7 months ago

Nauru: Leak reveals children sexually abused at prison

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of abuse and assault cases outlined in documents leaked to the Guardian paint a grim picture of life in Nauru. More than 2,000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault and attempted self-harm, were reported over two years at an Australian prison for asylum seekers in Nauru, more than half involving children, the Guardian has reported. Leaked documents published by the …

Australian psychologist gives account of life inside Manus Island and Nauru detention centres
8 years, 9 months ago

Australian psychologist gives account of life inside Manus Island and Nauru detention centres

ABC  

An Australian psychologist says the conditions he witnessed at the Manus Island and Nauru offshore detention centres are the most demoralising he has ever seen in his 43-year career. Key points: Mr Stevenson visited Manus, Nauru detention centres on 16 occasions during 2014/15 Says Peter Dutton "has no idea what it's like" despite visit to Nauru "$5 billion per year …

Nauru’s detention centre: ‘Many of us think of suicide’
8 years, 9 months ago

Nauru’s detention centre: ‘Many of us think of suicide’

Al Jazeera  

As the number of refugee suicides rise, we examine the detention centre at the heart of Australia’s asylum policies. The history of detention centres on Nauru is brief, but the island has been central to Australia’s asylum policies. It first housed a detention centre for asylum seekers between 2001 and 2008, under the so-called Pacific Solution of Australia’s conservative Liberal …

Iranian refugee dies after setting himself on fire on Nauru
8 years, 10 months ago

Iranian refugee dies after setting himself on fire on Nauru

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — An Iranian refugee who set himself on fire at Australia’s immigration detention camp on the Pacific island nation of Nauru died of his injuries on Friday, officials said. Australia refuses to accept asylum seekers who try to reach its shores by boat and pays Nauru and Papua New Guinea to hold them in detention camps instead. The divisive …

Australia’s refugee camp in Papua New Guinea to close
8 years, 11 months ago

Australia’s refugee camp in Papua New Guinea to close

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — The fate of hundreds of asylum seekers being held in a detention center in Papua New Guinea was in limbo on Wednesday as the country’s prime minister announced the facility would close in response to a court ruling that Australia’s detention of the men on the island nation is illegal. Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said …

Asylum seeker in Nauru convicted for suicide attempt
8 years, 11 months ago

Asylum seeker in Nauru convicted for suicide attempt

Al Jazeera  

Australian refugee advocates and opposition politicians have condemned the conviction of an Iranian asylum seeker on charges of attempted suicide, a criminal offence in Nauru where he is being held in an Australian-run detention centre. Under Australia’s tough immigration policy, asylum seekers attempting to reach the country by boat are intercepted and sent to camps on the South Pacific island …

Powerful Nauru families benefiting from Australian-funded refugee processing centre
8 years, 11 months ago

Powerful Nauru families benefiting from Australian-funded refugee processing centre

ABC  

Some of Nauru's most powerful families are benefiting financially from the island's multi-million-dollar Australian-funded refugee processing centres. Key points: Documents show relatives of Nauruan politicians secured contracts, high-level jobs at processing centre Also show family members have interests in land where centre located Centre landowners to benefit from $10.5m redevelopment of site, paid by Australian Government Buildings to become landowners' …

Asylum seeker mother voices fears about being returned Nauru immigration detention centre
9 years, 1 month ago

Asylum seeker mother voices fears about being returned Nauru immigration detention centre

ABC  

A woman who was held in detention on Nauru before giving birth to a son in Darwin last year after complications during the pregnancy has described today's High Court decision as a nightmare. "It's like dying," the woman, who now faces a return to Nauru, told 7.30. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton signalled his intention to send a group of 160 …

Australia court: Imprisoning refugees offshore is legal
9 years, 1 month ago

Australia court: Imprisoning refugees offshore is legal

Al Jazeera  

High Court rules in favour of government’s policy to detain asylum-seekers in offshore prisons, sparking an outcry. Australia’s High Court has ruled that the government’s offshore detention of refugees is legal, sparking an outcry from the UN and human rights groups. The legal case was brought by a Bangladeshi woman whose lawyers said her imprisonment on Nauru had been “funded, …

A tragic day for both asylum seekers and the law
9 years, 1 month ago

A tragic day for both asylum seekers and the law

ABC  

What Australia designed on Nauru is a sophisticated work-around: a way to wash its hands of responsibility for these asylum seekers. But it boils down to this: who is detaining the asylum seekers on Nauru; and, to the extent that Australia is involved in that, is it legal? I think these actions are worth reciting: designating Nauru as a "regional …

Immigration detention times on Nauru and Manus Island blow out to 450-day average under Liberals
9 years, 2 months ago

Immigration detention times on Nauru and Manus Island blow out to 450-day average under Liberals

ABC  

The time asylum seekers spend in Australian immigration detention has hit a record high at an average of almost 450 days. Key points: Average time spent in detention blows out to nearly 450 days More than 3,200 people remain in detention centres Opposition, Greens describes figures as 'unacceptable' The period of detention for asylum seekers in both onshore and offshore …

Australia running out of countries to send its refugees
9 years, 4 months ago

Australia running out of countries to send its refugees

Al Jazeera  

After abuse scandals, Australia is being forced to seek out new nations to take its unwanted asylum seekers. Australia’s contentious policy of offshore detention of refugees was plunged into a fresh crisis last week when President Benigno Aquino rejected Australia’s proposal to permanently resettle people in the Philippines. “It’s campaign season and the politicians want to avoid any potentially divisive …

Nauruan justice minister rejects calls for greater access for Australian media; says 'Nauru is not Australia'
9 years, 4 months ago

Nauruan justice minister rejects calls for greater access for Australian media; says 'Nauru is not Australia'

ABC  

Nauru's justice minister David Adeang has rejected calls for greater media access, accusing Australian journalists of treating his country with "great arrogance". Responding to calls for media access to the country and its Australian-run immigration detention centre, Mr Adeang said: "Nauru is not a state of Australia!" Mr Adeang said many refugees are living happily on the island and making …

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