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Australian Parliament passes new law to resettle former immigration detainees on Nauru
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With very little fanfare, Australia's parliament today passed new laws to secure the new resettlement deal with Nauru. It's a move that will boost the government's powers to deport hundreds of former detainees known as the NZYQ cohort. The Government has confirmed it could spend $2.5 billion on the plan over the next three decades.
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