The last refugee held by Australia on Nauru has been evacuated off the island, flying into Brisbane on Saturday night, marking the end – at least for now – of more than a decade of offshore processing on the Pacific island. However, the Australian government says it remains committed to offshore processing as a policy. Read more
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Plea for NZ to save families on Nauru
Monday, August 20th, 2018World Vision is calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to offer to immediately resettle all 119 children and their families who are detained in Nauru. Plea to save families on Nauru: ‘This is an emergency for those children’ Continue reading
Seriously ill Nauru refugee begs NZ PM for help
Thursday, March 1st, 2018
A refugee detained by Australia on Nauru has begged New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for help before it’s too late. Fatemah, a 55-year old refugee woman, has been told there’s an imminent risk of her sudden death because of her heart condition. The medical treatment that Fatemah needs is not available on Nauru. Australia approved Read more
Nauru website blocked for propagating Islamic State
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
A website whose domain is registered in Nauru has been blocked in India by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for propagating the ideology of the Islamic State (IS). “We have blocked the website as it propagated and tried to influence Indian youth into joining IS. “It had some traffic from India because of which we blocked Read more