‘Served their time’: Nauru president backs Australian plan to resettle three members of NZYQ cohort
David Adeang defends his government’s offer for 30-year resettlement visas to non-citizens in Pacific island nation
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Nauru’s 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’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, announced on Sunday that the three men – one convicted of murder – would be resettled in Nauru after the Albanese government struck a deal with the tiny Pacific nation for an undisclosed amount of money.
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