US EditionAustralia will pay Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals
Australia will fund Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals with long-term visas following a 2023 High Court ruling limiting indefinite detention, supporting Nauru's economic resilience.
- On Monday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that the government will provide financial support to Nauru to accommodate non-citizen offenders whom Australian courts have determined cannot remain in detention indefinitely.
- This deal followed a 2023 High Court ruling overturning the government policy that allowed indefinite detention of immigrants failing Australia’s character test, resulting in over 200 releases.
- Last week, Tony Burke, Australia's Home Affairs Minister, traveled to Nauru to formalize an agreement with President David Adeang. This arrangement includes provisions for long-term visas for individuals resettled from Australia, along with financial support aimed at bolstering both those individuals and the Nauruan economy.
- The agreement reportedly involves payments exceeding AU$400 million upfront and nearly AU$70 million annually, and legislation could enable deportation of up to 80,000 people, though Albanese declined to confirm exact costs.
- The deal indicates Australia's intent to find alternative countries for non-citizens who cannot return home, with details to be publicly released in coordination with Nauru and plans to transfer initially three violent criminals amid pending court challenges.
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Australia will pay Nauru to resettle foreign born criminals
MELBOURNE: Australia will pay the small Pacific island of Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals who the courts have ruled cannot be imprisoned indefinitely, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday. Nauru has become a political solution for the government after Australia’s High Court ruled in 2023 that non-citizens with no prospects of being resettled
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Anthony Albanese says an agreement with Nauru to settle members of the so-called NZYQ cohort in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars was not done in secret, but declined to elaborate on the arrangement.
Australia will pay the small Pacific island of Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals that courts have ruled cannot be imprisoned indefinitely, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday.
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