Mr Anjum said after fleeing political persecution in Pakistan to Indonesia, he found a man who said he could take him to Australia by boat. "No one [knew] about Nauru. We knew about the detention ...

"People who attempt to travel to Australia by boat without a valid Australian visa have zero chance of settling in Australia." Australia restarted its offshore detention program on Nauru in 2012 ...

A group of asylum-seekers has been flown from Australia to Nauru, after they were discovered ... has been ordered to tow or turn away migrant boats trying to reach Australia.

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Suspected Chinese boat arrivals have been taken to Nauru’s detention centre for processing after they reached the mainland ...

The six are among more than 4,000 people who travelled to Australia by boat to seek asylum over the past decade and were sent instead to the remote Pacific island of Nauru as part of a hardline ...

The 39 men who arrived illegally on the coast of north Western Australia last week were flown to Nauru on Sunday. The men came in one boat, although they were found on Friday in two or three groups.

Australia said on Tuesday its funding for the refugee center, which is a key part of its policy to deter asylum seekers arriving in Australian waters by boat, hasn’t changed. “Nauru remains an ...

Under Australia's hardline policy introduced in 2012, the government sent thousands of refugees attempting to reach the country by boat to offshore processing centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea ...

initially as a stop-gap measure following a spike in boat crossings. Asylum seekers on Nauru in 2001 when it first opened Successive politicians defended the policy as key to protecting Australia ...

Australia pays Nauru, a nation of 13,000 people, to house asylum seekers who attempt to reach Australia by boat. Australia has all but ended the trafficking of asylum seekers from Southeast Asian ...

The rush of asylum-seeker vessels to Australia began in September 2023, when a boat carrying 11 people was intercepted in Australian waters and the passengers flown to Nauru. That was the first ...