Officials refuse to answer questions at Senate estimates about the first transfer to immigration detention on the island in nine years
Border force officials have confirmed Australia sent asylum seekers to Nauru just months after the last people were removed from detention on the island.Border force officials have confirmed Australia sent asylum seekers to Nauru just months after the last people were removed from detention on the island.Rear Adm Justin Jones, the head of OSB, told estimates the 11 people were transferred “from Australia to Nauru” on 7 September.
Jones said these details were all “operationally sensitive” because they go “to the heart of relations with neighbouring countries across the region”. “At this stage providing more detail on the cohort may have an impact on relations with Nauru, as well as privacy and safety,” he said. Jones confirmed it would not be lawful to turn or take back a boat that had reached Australia’s migration zone.
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