9 Jul 2024

Asylum seekers again being held in Nauru

From , 6:03 am on 9 July 2024
Asylum seekers who are staying in the community, Umair Bacha (left) from Pakistan and Mohammad Saju Ahmed from Bangladesh

Asylum seekers who are staying in the community, Umair Bacha (left) from Pakistan and Mohammad Saju Ahmed from Bangladesh Photo: Caleb Fotheringham

Almost 100 asylum seekers are again being held in Australia's offshore processing centre in Nauru after numbers dropped to zero in June last year. 

New Zealand agreed to resettle 450 refugees in Nauru in 2022 until mid-2025 but the government says this latest cohort is ineligible. 

RNZ Pacific's Caleb Fotheringham has more.