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Australia-New Zealand refugee deal: UN blames mental health toll after just 36 people take up offer

UN refugee agency says many refugees have been traumatised by years in Australian detention camps, hampering uptake of the offer

The Guardian - AU

Australia to pay controversial US prisons operator $4.6m for 52 days of transition work on Nauru

MTC, which has been accused of ‘gross negligence’ that allegedly led to gang rape, will be paid during same period as previous contractor Canstruct

The Guardian - AU

Pacific Islands remain divided on deep-sea mining as trial begins to extract precious metals from ocean floor

Pacific countries remain divided as a deep-sea mining company prepares to test a system to extract minerals and metals from the ocean floor.

ABC News

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Morning mail: Nauru security firm’s past failures revealed, welfare boosted, Trump’s fury

Monday: A Guardian investigation reveals security breaches and custodial failures by the government’s preferred choice to run Australia’s offshore regime on Nauru. Plus: the best new shows to stream

The Guardian - AU

The ‘egregious’ history of likely new Nauru operator includes allegations of gang rape and murder in its US prisons

A Guardian investigation reveals the firm has been accused of ‘gross negligence’ that allegedly led to gang rape, murder and mistaken solitary confinement in its US facilities

The Guardian - AU

Canstruct loses lucrative Nauru offshore processing contract to US prisons operator with controversial record

Management and Training Corporation is set to take over running Australia’s immigration regime on the island

The Guardian - AU

Coalition used private contractor to collect intelligence on Nauru asylum seekers

Exclusive: asylum seekers in the offshore detention centre who had contact with Australian journalists, lawyers and advocates were closely watched, documents reveal

The Guardian - AU

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Pacific nations are extraordinarily rich in critical minerals. But mining them may take a terrible toll

Plundering the Pacific for its rich natural resources has a long pedigree. Think of the European companies strip-mining Nauru for its phosphate and leaving behind a moonscape.

The Conversation

We pretend there has been change under Labor but hundreds of refugees are still in detention

After taking happy snaps in Biloela the new government has made no effort to change Australia’s cruel immigration policy on refugees arriving by boat

The Guardian - AU

3 types of denial that allow Australians to feel OK about how we treat refugees

As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia.

The Conversation

CSIRO joins deep-sea mining project in Pacific as islands call for industry halt

Agency to lead consortium in scheme targeting battery materials while conservationists say Australia on ‘wrong side of debate’

The Guardian - AU

Ex-detainee of Australia’s offshore refugee detention centre shares fears over UK Rwanda plan

As the UK Home Office tries to get its Rwanda policy off the ground, a refugee who was held for six years on Nauru island tells Holly Bancroft about her concerns

The Independent UK

Commonwealth weightlifting gold medallist dies of Covid aged 40

Wellington (AFP) - A Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion and Olympian has become the first Covid-related death in the tiny Pacific island republic of Nauru, the world's second smallest nation.

AFP

Economic stability key in Pacific: Wong

Australia remains committed to offshore processing on Nauru, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says, which is propping up the island nation’s economy.

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The Guardian - AU

Refugees living in limbo hope Nadesalingam family’s release will grant them a future as well

After a decade in detention, an Iranian refugee family dares to dream of the possibility of resettlement

The Guardian - AU

Dutton’s campaign to sue detractors failed to factor in vagaries of defamation law

The Liberal minister may not have liked the rude things people posted about him on Twitter, but in defamation fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Crikey

Leaked emails show Nauru police using Facebook, cybercrime laws to stop online attacks on MPs

Nauru police leaned on Meta and sought criminal charges for Facebook posts criticising local politicians, leaked emails reveal.

Crikey

Hackers say they leaked Nauru police emails in protest against Australia’s offshore detention

A group of hackers say they were driven to release Nauru police emails by allegations of poor treatment at detention centres.

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They were trapped in immigration detention for nine years. Here's what life after the Park Hotel looks like

For a brief time, he became the global symbol of Australia's immigration system. What happened to Mehdi from Melbourne's Park Hotel?

The Guardian - AU

The election motivated Australia’s release of refugees like me, not human rights obligations

How is it that some refugees have been detained long enough, while others even more vulnerable remain prisoners offshore?

The Conversation

Aus-NZ refugee deal is a bandage on a failed policy. It's time to end offshore processing

Australia has finally accepted New Zealand’s offer to settle some of the refugees from the offshore processing regime – about nine years after it was first made in 2013.

AAP

Nauru reports first cases of COVID-19

Two people who travelled by plane to Nauru from Brisbane have tested positive to COVID-19, the first two cases detected in the Pacific nation.

The Guardian - AU

Australia-New Zealand refugee deal: what we know so far

Nine years after it was first made, Australia has finally taken up New Zealand’s offer to accept refugees held in Nauru and other facilities

The Independent UK

Australia accepts New Zealand offer to take boat refugees

Australia has accepted a longstanding New Zealand offer to resettle boat refugees it sent to the remote island nation of Nauru

Al Jazeera

New Zealand to take 450 refugees from Australian detention

Refugees who tried to get to Australia by boat have spent years on remote islands or held in immigration detention.

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