From Global News.

Australia is defending a A$2.5 billion deal to deport hundreds of non-citizens denied refugee visas to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru over the next 30 years.

The deportation plan has been criticized by human rights groups who claim Australia is "dumping" refugees in small island states.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said 30-year visas issued to deportees would give them the right to work in Nauru, a country of 12,000 people who occupy just 21 square km and rely on foreign aid.

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