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

David Adeang defends his government's offer for 30-year resettlement visas to non-citizens in Pacific island nation

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The Nauruan 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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