Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation spanning just 8 square miles, has launched a “golden passport” initiative to raise money ...

From 2001, Nauru was the location for an Australian-financed offshore detention centre for refugees who had attempted to seek asylum in Australia. Empty for several years, the Nauru facility was ...

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A possible precedent A final concern is the precedent this agreement with Nauru sets for how other countries may treat refugees with criminal convictions. Australia's model of offshore processing ...

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced the deal with Nauru on Sunday, saying all three were "violent offenders". The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says refugee advocates will launch a legal ...

Concerns about the future of around 100 refugees and asylum seekers held on the tiny nation of Nauru are growing, as Australia prepares to send more people to the remote Pacific island.

The country's passport offers visa-free access to 89 countries, including Ireland, Hong Kong, the UAE, Singapore, and the UK.

Ian Rintoul, the Sydney-based director of the Australian advocacy group Refugee Action Coalition, said the three men scheduled to be sent to Nauru received lawyers on Monday. They intended to ...

The Nauru government on Saturday issued long-term resettlement visas to three members of the NZYQ cohort, resulting in the cancellation of their Australian bridging visas. The cohort are refugees ...

Once the phosphate ran out, Nauru looked for new revenue sources. Since the early 2000s, it has served as an offshore detention site for refugees and migrants attempting to settle in Australia ...