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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty and Sarah Basford Canales

‘Served their time’: Nauru president backs Australian plan to resettle three members of NZYQ cohort

David Adeang and Anthony Albanese shake hands
Nauru’s president David Adeang and Australian PM Anthony Albanese in December. Australia has refused to say how much it has paid Nauru to resettle the three men. Photograph: Dominic Giannini/AP

Nauru’s president has defended his government’s offer to resettle three members of the NZYQ cohort of non-citizens from Australia – described by Australia as violent offenders – saying they have “served their time”.

Australia’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, announced on Sunday that the three men – one convicted of murder – would be resettled in Nauru after the Albanese government struck a deal with the tiny Pacific nation for an undisclosed amount of money.

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