- Australia’s immigration minister was extensively briefed about the impact prolonged detention was having on children held on Nauru, official correspondence shows, before he dismissed reports of sexual assault and abuse as “hype” and “false allegations”. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/17/revealed-peter-duttons-extensive-briefings-about-risks-and-harm-to-children-on-nauru 5 comments worldnews
Linking pages
- Save the Children's letters to Dutton and Turnbull about harm to children in Nauru – full text | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/18/save-the-childrens-letters-to-dutton-and-turnbull-about-harm-to-children-in-nauru-full-text?cmp=twt_gu 5 comments
Linked pages
- The Nauru files: cache of 2,000 leaked reports reveal scale of abuse of children in Australian offshore detention | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/10/the-nauru-files-2000-leaked-reports-reveal-scale-of-abuse-of-children-in-australian-offshore-detention 908 comments
- Detention centre staff speak out in defiance of new asylum secrecy laws | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jul/01/detention-centre-staff-speak-out-in-defiance-of-new-asylum-secrecy-laws 31 comments
- 'This is critical': 103 Nauru and Manus staff speak out – their letter in full | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/17/this-is-critical-103-nauru-and-manus-staff-speak-out-their-letter-in-full 12 comments
- Australia confirms Manus Island immigration detention centre will close | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/17/manus-island-detention-centre-to-close-australia-and-papua-new-guinea-agree 9 comments
- 'People have self-immolated to get to Australia' – immigration minister's response to Nauru files | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/aug/11/labor-will-reintroduce-bill-to-force-mandatory-reporting-of-child-abuse-after-nauru-files 5 comments