Asylum seekers sent to Nauru by Australian government only months after last detainees were removed
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6F9HY)
Exclusive: Guardian Australia understands the group - believed to be 11 people - was intercepted in September and taken to the Pacific nation
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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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