Nauru sells citizenship to wealthy while 'poor' refugees remain in detention, advocate says

The entrance to Regional Processing Centre, one or RPC1, currently holding around 90 asylum seekers on Nauru. Photo: Caleb Fotheringham A refugee advocate in Australia says Nauru's citizenship initiative is "a national pariah". Nauru is enticing...

Some Liberals believe Australia is letting in the wrong immigrants

The unedifying fight about Indian immigrants in the Liberal Party seems to have morphed into a proxy war on Sussan Ley's leadership, but at its heart, it is a battle over where the party wants to position itself. Just like the parallel debate...

Conservatives see 'mass immigration' as the political hot potato to mobilise voters

The unedifying fight about Indian immigrants in the Liberal Party seems to have morphed into a proxy war on Sussan Ley's leadership, but at its heart, it is a battle over where the party wants to position itself. Just like the parallel debate...

UN endorses non-binding call to establish Palestinian state without Hamas

Get The AJN Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up (THE TIMES OF ISRAEL) The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly endorsed a declaration outlining “tangible, time-bound and irreversible steps” toward a...

Nauru charts bold path toward 2028 Micronesia Games

Micronesian Games Council officials and members pose for a photo with Nauru government and sports officials during a meeting to discuss the 2028 Micronesian Games. Contributed photo YAREN, Nauru — On Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, the Republic of Nauru...

Live: PM says he believes Vanuatu agreement will be signed 'soon'

11m agoTue 9 Sep 2025 at 7:00am 'Racism is a big problem in this country': Thorpe says of Nampijinpa Price's remarks Lidia Thorpe says she was very disappointed with Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's comments about Indian migration. She...

Immigration dominates debate in a hectic parliamentary week

The Prime Minister was taken to task this week by Labor MPs, including Ed Husic (pictured). Photo: Ed Husic Facebook. Federal parliamentarians were preoccupied with immigration issues this week, following protest marches across the nation on...

General : Nauru Grants Citizenship To Stateless Kuwaiti Under Climate Resilience Programme 

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- A stateless Kuwaiti national has been granted citizenship in Nauru under its Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program, an initiative designed to strengthen economic growth and climate adaptation while...

Nauru deportation deal could cost Australia $2.5 billion over 30 years

Australia could end up spending around $2.5 billion to resettle up to 354 former detainees on Nauru, with government officials confirming multimillion-dollar payments would continue for three decades if the agreement is upheld. The government last...

The NZYQ Nauru deportation deal

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke last week finalised a deal to deport to Nauru people released from indefinite immigration detention following a 2023 High Court ruling. Australia would pay the tiny island nation $408 million to receive the...

Nauru president says sovereign wealth fund ‘building the nation’

David Adeang YAREN (Government of Nauru) — President David Adeang has hailed the success of the Nauru Intergenerational Trust Fund, which he chairs, saying that no one should underestimate the country’s economic turnaround or the importance of the...

Australia to pay $1.6b for Nauru migrant resettlement

Agence France-Presse . Sydney, Australia 04 September, 2025, 23:15 Australia will pay US$1.6 billion to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru over the next three decades to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island under a secretive new deal,...

Nauru Airlines relaunches Suva route after more than a decade

A TOTAL of 108 passengers aboard Nauru Airlines flight ON019 landed at Nausori International Airport at 11.47pm on Thursday on its inaugural flight to Suva, marking the return of the Republic of Nauru’s flag carrier since ceasing this route in the...

Nauru strikes $400m deal to take foreign criminals from Australia

Australia has confirmed it will deport hundreds of foreign-born criminals to Nauru under a $400 million agreement signed by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke. The move comes just months after a High Court decision forced the release of around 350...

Australia agrees to pay Pacific nation of Nauru $1.62 billion to…

Australia has agreed to pay the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru A$2.5 billion (US$1.62 billion) over three decades to host deported non-citizens, with accommodation for the first deportees already prepared, Australian officials said on Wednesday....

Labor and Coalition pass deportation laws set to make Nauru a ‘penal colony’ for Australia, critics say

The major parties have been accused of “stitching up” a deal to transform Nauru into Australia’s “dumping ground and penal colony” as parliament passed laws stripping basic legal rights from a group of noncitizens set to be deported. The home...

$2.5 billion to force people to Nauru and denial of natural justice in new Labor law

Australian Greens The Home Affairs (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 was rammed through today by the Liberals and Labor, following revelations that the secret agreement with Nauru signed by the Albanese Government will cost $2.5 billion. In a rushed...

Australia to send hundreds to Nauru in $1.6bn migrant resettlement deal

Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 The Australian government has agreed to pay the small Pacific island nation of Nauru some $1.6bn to resettle former detainees who have “no legal right to remain in Australia”, in the latest iteration of...

Australia to pay Nauru $1.62bn to house deportees

SYDNEY: Australia has agreed to pay the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru $1.62 billion over three decades to host deported non-citizens, with accommodation for the first deportees already prepared, Australian officials said on Wednesday. Prime...

Cost of Nauru deportation deal revealed in late-night inquiry as PM pressed on lack of detail

Australian taxpayers will be slugged $2.5 billion over 30 years to deport hundreds of former immigration detainees to Nauru under a deal with the Pacific nation, a parliamentary committee has been told. The Albanese government signed a memorandum...