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

Asylum seekers taken to Nauru amid renewed political stoush over border arrivals

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The Australian Border Force said on Friday it was undertaking an operation in the remote Kimberley region in north-west WA. The Albanese government has maintained the core planks of Operation Sovereign Borders, including offshore detention and turning boats back where safe to do so. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

More than 40 asylum seekers have been taken to Nauru after they were found in a remote part of Western Australia.

Guardian Australia has confirmed a second group of 13 asylum seekers was found at an Indigenous campsite at Pender Bay, about an hour after a group of 30 men were found at Beagle Bay on Friday.

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