Australian government signed a secretive deal with Nauru in September, guaranteeing the small Micronesian island A$2.5 billion over the next three decades to accommodate the first cohort of deportees.

Number of rejected asylum seekers remaining in the country has surged past 100,000 for the first time.

These people were "not in good shape" and were rescued by the local Indigenous community.

The Iraqi man played a key role in a syndicate responsible for organising the transportation of people on a fishing boat, known as Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel (SIEV) X.