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Ashley Westerman

Australia brings its last refugee on the Pacific island of Nauru to its mainland

The Nibok refugee settlement is seen on Nauru on Sept. 4, 2018. (Jason Oxenham/AP)

MANILA, Philippines – The Australian government has evacuated the last refugee it was holding on Nauru, ushering in the end of its 11-year controversial off-shore detention processing policy on that Pacific island nation.

The man was flown into Australia late Saturday night, according to a statement by the Melbourne-based Asylum Seeker Resource Center, which, like many other groups like it, welcomes the "long overdue move."

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