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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty and Eden Gillespie

Australia to move last refugee from offshore processing on Nauru – but its cruelty and cost are not over

Buildings among jungle
The Nibok refugee centre on Nauru in 2018. Australia’s offshore processing of refugees on the island will come to an end as the final refugee leaves on Saturday. Photograph: Jason Oxenham/AP

It was never meant to last so long.

On Saturday, Australia was about to move the last refugee from offshore processing on Nauru, ostensibly ending the second iteration of offshore processing on the Pacific island, after nearly 11 years.

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