MP uses parliament to reveal threats to NZYQ deportees in Nauru

Andrew Wilkie has revealed claims by whistleblowers of threats to refugees in Nauru using parliamentary privilege. (ABC News: Callum Flinn)

Federal MP Andrew Wilkie has used parliamentary privilege to reveal whistleblower claims of threats of violence against refugees deported to Nauru by Australia.

The Nauru government recently passed new laws allowing officers monitoring the former NZYQ detainees to use "reasonable force" and powers to restrain the individuals.

Advocates have urged the government to halt further deportations of the NZYQ cohort to Nauru.

Former Australian detainees taken to Nauru are facing threats of violence from officers who have recently gained new powers to use force, according to allegations revealed under parliamentary privilege.

Members of the NZYQ cohort have allegedly been labelled "absolute f***ing pieces of s***" and threatened with violence upon arrival by the officers tasked with their transfer and ongoing monitoring on Nauru under a 30-year deal struck with the Australian government.

The whistleblower claims, based on first-hand conversations with individuals involved, were read out under parliamentary privilege by independent MP Andrew Wilkie this morning.

"Another relevant individual indicated that those removed from Australia would, on arrival, face a reckoning, with justice in Nauru served on the streets, rather than through formal channels," Mr Wilkie read out in the Federation Chamber.

"I took this to mean that the removed cohort faced the risk of vigilante violence from those entrusted to safeguard their wellbeing in Nauru."

Mr Wilkie read that the whistleblower stated they were speaking out of "grave concern" for the deportees' safety, and they had repeatedly tried to raise concerns through appropriate channels, with "no evidence" that those concerns had been addressed.

It is understood 12 people have been issued Nauruan visas and deported to the tiny island nation so far, including an individual who is reliant on a wheelchair.

About 350 non-citizens, the majority convicted of serious offences, will be deported to Nauru under the deal, estimated to cost $2.5 billion over its lifetime.

Anthony Albanese and his Nauru counterpart, David Adeang, agreed to an estimated $2.5 billion deal to resettle former NZYQ detainees to the island nation. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)

In March, the Nauru government passed new laws granting community monitoring officers special powers to restrain and use "reasonable force" against the deported individuals.

The whistleblower fears these laws "give legal authorisation to these