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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Asylum seekers sent to Nauru by Australian government only months after last detainees were removed

Aerial view of Nauru
The island of Nauru. In June it was revealed the government intended to remove the last remaining asylum seekers from the country. Photograph: Rémi Chauvin/The Guardian

A group of asylum seekers who attempted to arrive in Australia by boat has been sent to Nauru just months after the last people were removed from immigration detention on the Pacific nation.

Guardian Australia understands that a group of asylum seekers was intercepted in September and taken to Nauru. Staff of International Health and Medical Services have been asked to work on Nauru to provide health services to the cohort, believed to number 11.

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