The Nauru files
Cache of 2,000 leaked reports reveal scale of abuse of children in Australian offshore detention
Farrell, Paul; Evershed, Nick; Davidson, Helen http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/10/the-nauru-files-2000-leaked-reports-reveal-scale-of-abuse-of-children-in-australian-offshore-detention
Publisher: The Guardian
Date Written: 10/08/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Unclassified
Describing the traumatic conditions in the Nauru asylum camp as revealed by internal reports.
Abstract:
-
Excerpts:
The files raise stark questions about how information is reported on Nauru, one of Australia's two offshore detention centres for asylum seekers who arrive by boat. They highlight serious concerns about the ongoing risks to children and adults held on the island. They show how the Australian government has failed to respond to warning signs and reveal sexual assault allegations - many involving children - that have never been previously disclosed.
The most damning evidence emerges from the words of the staff working in the detention centre themselves - the people who compile the reports. These caseworkers, guards, teachers and medical officers have been charged with caring for hundreds of asylum seekers on the island.
| 