Afghan refugees disembark on Nauru

A group of 100 Afghan refugees today took their first steps on dry land for three weeks - but they were on the tiny Pacific Island republic of Nauru, not Australia, their intended destination.

Hundreds of locals turned up at Nauru’s main port to watch the refugees being ferried to land on two Australian navy landing craft. The group was mostly made up of men, but included about three women and six children.