FILE PHOTO: A file aerial photo taken September 11, 2001, shows the island state of the Republic of Nauru. - AFP
SYDNEY: Australia has started ferrying immigrants to the barren Pacific nation of Nauru under a contentious deal inked this year, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Tuesday (Oct 28).
A cohort of around 350 immigrants - many of them convicted of serious crimes including assault, drug smuggling and even murder - could eventually be sent to the low-lying atoll after Australia failed to resettle them elsewhere.
