"A range of care, welfare and support arrangements are in place to provide for the needs of children and young people," it said. Medical services including a hospital are available on Nauru but ...

After years of calling for an end to successive Australian governments' cruel offshore processing regime, Amnesty ...

The UN Human Rights Committee has asked Australia to provide compensation to the victims and to ensure similar violations do ...

Nauru is a 13-mile island microstate in the Pacific with a population of just 10,000 people, formerly known as Pleasant ...

Under the controversial policy, people have been detained in centres on Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. According to the latest figures provided by the Refugee Council of Australia ...

UNHCR’s long-established position is that Australia retains responsibility for the people it transfers to Nauru (or elsewhere) under offshore processing or transfer arrangements, and for finding ...

“That’s why 26 people smuggling ventures have attempted to reach Australia since the election and at least seven have reached ...

Australia violated the rights of asylum-seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a U.N. watchdog ruled Thursday, in a warning to other countries intent on outsourcing asylum processing.