A High Court ruling earlier this month validated the legality of the nation's off-shore detention regime and paved the way for the group, intended by the government to remain in Australia temporarily, to be deported back to the island.
Protesters Call for Asylum Seeker Baby to Stay in Australia
Protesters are intensifying their calls for a hospitalised asylum seeker baby to stay in Australia, amid fears she and 266 others will be returned to immigration detention on Nauru. Image: Schoolchildren hold up pictures of Australian-born asylum seeker babies facing deportation to Nauru during a special service at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne (SBS)
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