Nauru, Australia and NZYQ

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.
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”.
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.
Australian government uses Nauru as a neo-colonial prison for immigration detainees
In return for an undisclosed sum of money, Nauru’s government has “agreed” to grant 30-year visas to an initial three victims ...
Nauru President David Adeang defends deal on NZYQ detainees
Nauru President David Adeang has defended his cash-strapped government’s decision to resettle criminal detainees from ...
Refugee advocates to launch 'urgent' legal challenge to stop Nauru deportation deal
On Sunday, the home affairs minister announced that Nauru had agreed to issue long-term resettlement visas to three former ...
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 ...
Amnesty International Australia2d
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 ...
Australian Human Rights Commission1d
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...