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Photos of Nauru's (Now) Mostly Empty Immigration Detention Centre
Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation, and home to one of Australia’s three infamous offshore immigration detention facilities. Since the Australian Government implemented their “Pacific Solution” policy in 2013, over a thousand asylum seekers attempting to enter Australia by boat have been imprisoned on Nauru, along with more on Christmas and Manus Islands. Needless to say, the living conditions on all three centres have been condemned worldwide, gaining widespread criticism by human rights groups such as the United Nations and Amnesty International.
In theory, the Nauru Regional Processing Centre was closed in 2018, when thanks to a prior agreement with the Obama administration, 378 refugees from Nauru were resettled…
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