Australia's human rights commissioner 'concerned' by Nauru deportation secrecy


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025

President of Nauru David Adeang addresses the "Summit of the Future" in the General Assembly hall at United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The first deportation of a person from Australia to the Pacific Island nation of Nauru under a billion-dollar deal to resettle non-citizens with criminal records raises "serious human rights concerns", Australia's Human Rights Commissioner said on Wednesday.

Australia last month agreed to pay Nauru A$2.5 billion ($1.6 billion) over three decades to host several hundred deported non-citizens.

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