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2025-09-01 Down Under

Australia to Pay Island Nation of Nauru to Resettle Foreign-Born Criminals

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-09-01 07:11|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1759 views ] Top
File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

1 ? legislation could enable 80,000 people to be deported. ?
Google says Nauru's population was 11947 in 2024

"“That’s tens of thousands of lives at risk – not the tiny number the government would have Australians believe,” Favero said in a statement."

Nauru lives?

Posted by James the lesser 2025-09-01 11:06|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2025-09-01 11:06|| Front Page Top

2 Irony of the Botany Bay colony sending criminals to an island nation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-09-01 12:34|| 2025-09-01 12:34|| Front Page Top

3 Ironic, indeed.

For some reason, the Wikipedia entry for the History of Nauru makes no mention of cannibalism. I do like the part about the island being run by an escaped Irish convict in the 1800s, though.

Posted by SteveS 2025-09-01 12:49|| 2025-09-01 12:49|| Front Page Top

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