A fourth member of the so-called NZYQ cohort is back in immigration detention after being issued a Nauruan visa, as the government steams ahead with its plan to deport hundreds of convicted criminals to the tiny island nation.

They were taken into immigration detention on Thursday and could be sent to Nauru within weeks, possibly making them the first person to be transferred under a multi-billion-dollar deal inked last month .

The agreement covers 358 former detainees collectively known as the NZYQ cohort who were released into the community after the High Court ruled almost two years ago that indefinite detention was illegal.

Since then, the government has scrambled to find a way to get the non-citizens off the streets, many of whom were convicted of violent offences, with the thir

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