Nauru president floats returning NZYQ refugees to home countries, in interview Australia tried to suppress
by Ben Doherty and Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#71PY2)
In an interview kept secret since February, David Adeang wrongly stated the people Australia has begun deporting to his country are not refugees
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Nauru may seek to return refugees from the NZYQ cohort to their home countries, the Nauruan president has said, in an interview officially translated into English for the first time, and which the Australian government sought to keep hidden.
David Adeang's interview erroneously claimed those being sent to Nauru were not refugees and said Nauru may seek to return them to their countries of origin where possible.
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