Australia pays Nauru, a nation of 13,000 people, to house asylum seekers who attempt to reach Australia by boat. Australia has all but ended the trafficking of asylum seekers from Southeast Asian ...

"All individuals transferred to Nauru are provided with a mobile phone and have access to the internet." The federal government is standing firm on its long-running policy of denying boat arrivals ...

The rush of asylum-seeker vessels to Australia began in September 2023, when a boat carrying 11 people was intercepted in Australian waters and the passengers flown to Nauru. That was the first ...