‘What is our future?’: the Nauru detention centre was empty. Now 100 asylum seekers are held there

Asylum seekers say they fear they will spend years trapped on Nauru, even up to a decade as previous groups of refugees did. Composite: Getty images

“We don’t know how long we will be here, what will happen to us. Our situation is very difficult.”

Mohammad Bashir Anjum, a Pakistani asylum seeker held on Nauru for four months, is one of the few able to make contact outside the island.