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Visa workers have been condemned to serious poverty

12 April 2020 Editor 0

by Ben Wilson Echoing the words of the Prime minister last Friday, Minister Alan Tudge, effectively told temporary visa holders o go home yesterday, when they can’t dip into their superannuation to survive, after being […]

Video: How I got out of my Manus Island hell

28 November 2019 Editor 0

Behrouz Boochani speaks for himself about his journey from detention by the Australian government to freedom in New Zealand Video from Guardian Australia

Video: Public response forces moving of the children of Nauru

10 November 2018 Editor 0

Immigration officials are secretly shifting asylum seeker families from Nauru to Adelaide as part of an operation to remove all children from the island’s regional refugee processing centre. It’s about time. Video from One Term […]

Appeal for the children in detention on Nauru

2 September 2018 Editor 0

From Gabby Sutherland Former Save the Children teacher on Nauru The only life he’s known is guards shouting, steel fences, and unending detention on a tiny island the size of Melbourne’s airport. Where he’s called […]

Nauru 12-year-old Nauru boy at imminent risk of dying

21 August 2018 Editor 0

The following by Ben Doherty (the Guardian 16 August 2018) tells of the disgraceful manner in which the Australian authorities are treating vulnerable children detained at in Nauru. Imagine how desperate a child must be […]