The Albanese government’s deal with Nauru to take up to 280 former immigration detainees again shows both sides of politics will resort to drastic and expensive actions when faced with intractable issues around illegal non-citizens.
On Friday news came from the Nauru parliament of a deal between Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and the Nauru government for that country to accept this large number of ex-detainees from Australia.
These are from the so-called NZYQ cohort. They were in immigration detention until the High Court in late 2023 ruled indefinite detention was unconstitutional.
