Australia’s offshore detention policies have helped to produce indifference to the suffering of refugees. Pushing refugees out of sight, and out of mind, has now placed them beyond moral concern.

The diplomatic battle between Taipei and Beijing is but one arena where Nauru is flexing muscle that greatly exceeds its demographic and geographic size. The detention facility’s purpose has ...

Abdul Karim Hekmat is a former detainee at the Curtin detention centre in Western Australia and a journalist. He has produced a video with refugees on Nauru that forms part of a new exhibition ...

Australia set up a detention centre in Nauru in 2013 Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for the immediate evacuation of all asylum seekers on Pacific nation Nauru ...

Refugees held by Australia on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have been given the option of possibly moving to a detention centre in Nauru. The offer is for those who have applied for US ...

Nauru's immigration detention centre has long shied away from public scrutiny, with access to the centre virtually impossible. Image: 'The Invisible' art exhibition in Sydney (SBS) Never-before ...

In addition, the Crimes Act 2016 decriminalises suicide, which became an issue after refugees deported from Australia to a controversial Nauru detention centre committed or attempted suicide.

Australia was not approached by Nauru for more money to operate an immigration detention centre on the island. It's believed a funding spat with Taiwan contributed to Nauru's decision to sever ...

IOM said it would begin providing “essential support,” including language training, cultural orientation and health and job services. Many of the 677 asylum-seekers in the Nauru detention centre — a ...