Australia can send Asylum seekers to Nauru, court rules

More than 260 asylum seekers face being deported from Australia to Nauru after Australia’s highest court rejected a challenge to the legality of the government’s refugee policy.

Australia can send Asylum seekers to Nauru, court rules

More than 260 asylum seekers face being deported from Australia to Nauru after Australia’s highest court rejected a challenge to the legality of the government’s refugee policy.

A Bangladeshi woman, who cannot be named, had gone to the High Court to challenge the legality of Australia paying the tiny Pacific nation to detain asylum seekers who attempt to reach Australian shores by boat.

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