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The Latest Breaking News from Nauru

Mining the seabed for clean-tech minerals could destroy ecosystems. Will it get the green light?

A little-known organisation is meeting this week in a conference centre in Jamaica. The rules the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are drafting could have immense impact.

The Conversation · Jul 20, 2023

Nauru prepares to mine deep seas in big climate controversy

Nauru sees rare earth metals as key to the green transition. But mining them could threaten vital marine ecosystems.

Al Jazeera · Jul 9, 2023

Future of deep-sea mining hangs in balance as opposition grows

Ireland and Sweden join countries calling for moratorium on extraction of metals from seabed as UN-backed authority prepares for crucial talks

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2023

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After the Morrison government, we hoped for a new way on refugees. Instead it is a brutal business as usual

The last refugee is off Nauru, but Australians will still pay $350m a year to keep the island’s detention centre ready for future arrivals

The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023

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

Australia's government, which announced earlier this month that it would be moving refugees off of Nauru, confirmed to media that it will pay $350 million annually to keep the Nauru facility open.

WEKU · Jun 26, 2023

Last refugee held on Nauru arrives in Australia

While offshore policy is being wound down, campaigners say ‘dark chapter’ will not end until last refugees leave PNG.

Al Jazeera · Jun 25, 2023

Australia to spend millions on empty refugee hub

Australia will continue funding its controversial offshore detention processing centre on the Pacific island of Nauru even as the facility’s remaining refugees leave, in an effort to dissuade people-smugglers from sending boats to the country, according to local media.

Bangkok Post · Jun 24, 2023

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

Despite the ostensible end to offshore processing on the Pacific island, the architecture and ‘inhuman’ policy remain

The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2023

Families seek UN help over Australia’s notorious refugee policies

Families forced apart by offshore scheme argue Australia has breached its international humanitarian obligations.

Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2023

Refugee's hard road to Canberra and freedom

Zerghona Jawadi's extraordinary story of trial and triumph.

The Canberra Times · Jun 18, 2023

‘My wife thinks I have a beautiful life’: refugees face uncertain future as Australia clears Nauru

Ali has not told his family he has been on Nauru for 10 years. As Labor plans to empty the island of refugees by 30 June, he and others still wait to live freely

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023

Morning Mail: Trump pleads not guilty, last asylum seekers may leave Nauru, crocodile serial killer

Former US president denies hoarding classified documents in dramatic court appearance; Queensland police hunt for reptile slayer

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2023

Morning Mail: millions paid to corrupt Nauru businessman, Tina Turner dies, renewable zones delayed

Morrison government paid man convicted of bribing two Nauruan officials; renewable energy projects pushed back; tributes flow for 1980s rock legend

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2023

Morrison government paid corrupt businessman millions for offshore processing on Nauru

Mozammil Gulamabbas Bhojani was convicted of bribing two Nauruan officials with more than $120,000

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2023

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2023

Manus Island and Nauru: previously unseen testimony and AI imagery reveal ‘unimaginable’ part of Australian history

The witness statements were collected during more than 300 hours of interviews with refugees as part of a now discontinued pro bono class action

Al Jazeera · Mar 31, 2023

Lessons from Australia: UK’s migration law set to repeat mistakes

Activists, lawyers and refugees see the UK repeating the mistakes and abuses of Australia’s draconian asylum seeker law.

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2023

We provided health care for children in immigration detention. This is what we found

Australia’s immigration policies allow for indefinite locked detention, including for children and families. Detention is mandatory for people arriving without a valid visa – all those who arrived by boat between 2009 and 2013 were held in Immigration Detention Centres in Australia, or in Australian-contracted detention in Nauru or Papua…

The Conversation · Mar 24, 2023

'A toxic policy with little returns' – lessons for the UK-Rwanda deal from Australia and the US

One afternoon in mid-June, I sat with Ethan*, a local islander, at Nauru’s boat harbour. He was speaking about how life had changed in the country since the asylum deal with Australia was agreed. Just a few years before my arrival in 2016, the small Pacific island had once again…

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The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023

UK moves to copy Australia's cruel asylum-seeker policy – and it will have the same heavy human toll

The United Kingdom’s Illegal Migration Bill, introduced in the House of Commons this week, will look very familiar to Australians.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023

‘Stop the boats’: Sunak’s anti-asylum slogan echoes Australia’s harsh policy

In Australia, hostile rhetoric has fuelled a toxic public debate and sought to dehumanise people fleeing harm

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2023

Refugees held offshore plead with Australia to be moved, saying ‘every day is suffering’

Home affairs department’s submission to inquiry is the only one opposing Greens senator’s bill calling for refugee evacuation to Australia

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Baron Waqa's tenure as Nauru's president has been called a 'very dark chapter'. He'll now lead the Pacific Islands Forum

The controversial choice of former Nauruan president Baron Waqa as the Pacific Islands Forum's next secretary-general is attracting criticism from human rights groups and former political opponents.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2023

Pacific islands tap Taiwan ally Nauru for next top diplomat

The top Pacific islands diplomatic post will pass to Taiwan ally Nauru next year, the 18-member regional bloc agreed Friday, as it resolved to face climate change and superpower rivalry as a united "family".

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Pacific Islands Fourm 'one big family' as leaders meet and select new leader amid intense US-China competition

Former Nauru president Baron Waqa is set to take the reins of the Pacific's peak regional body, after a special leaders meeting in Fiji.

Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2023

Refugees on Australian detention island sew lips shut in protest

Mohammad Shofiqul Islam and Mohammad Kaium have been held on the remote Pacific island of Nauru for nearly 10 years.

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