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‘Hardly anyone is getting off’: despite Labor’s promises, refugees needing urgent medical care remain on Nauru

An Afghan refugee in offshore detention since 2013 has had two doctors’ referrals for overseas treatment, but has not been permitted a ‘medical transfer’ to Australia

The Guardian - AU

‘I want to go outside’: First Nauru refugees finally find freedom

Six men held for years after trying to get to Australia by boat look forward to starting new lives in New Zealand.

Al Jazeera

Afternoon Update: Nauru refugees land in New Zealand; EVs to become cheaper; and a giant goldfish

First six refugees resettled in New Zealand from Australia’s offshore processing facility, nine years after the initial offer

The Guardian - AU

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Six refugees become the first from Nauru to be resettled in New Zealand

The federal government confirms the first group of refugees to be resettled in New Zealand, from Australia's offshore processing centres, has landed in Auckland.

ABC News

Refugees fly from Nauru to New Zealand

Six refugees have been flown from Nauru to New Zealand as part of a resettlement deal with Australia, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has confirmed.

AAP

First refugees from Nauru to be resettled in New Zealand arrive nine years after deal offered

Six men who had been held in Australia’s offshore processing facilities for more than eight years arrive in Auckland

The Guardian - AU

Refugees criticise disability sector gaps

A disabled Bangladeshi refugee and an Iraqi refugee caring for her disabled daughter have criticised gaps in services to diverse communities with special needs.

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US prison operator begins $750,000-a-day contract for Nauru offshore regime

Previously accused of ‘gross negligence’, MTC will be paid $47.3m to oversee detention of 111 refugees and asylum seekers for two months

The Guardian - AU

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

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

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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 Conversation

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 Guardian - AU

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 Conversation

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.

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The Guardian - AU

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 Independent UK

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 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

ABC News

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.

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