Michael McLaren says the government has made a “shameful” and “despicable” deal to deport hundreds of non-citizens to Nauru.

McLaren argues that by paying Nauru a lump sum of $408 million to resettle “undesirable” non-citizens, Labor has fulfilled its election promise, but has also displayed a “sad mindset” of dumping our problems in someone else’s backyard.

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