Advocates worried refugees are being denied rights at Nauru
The Korea Herald -

A refugee advocacy group has raised the alarm over treatment of a growing number of people transferred to the Nauru detention facility. It comes after the third suspected asylum seeker group in five months was found on WA's Kimberley coastline and sent to the remote Micronesian island. There's concern a historical track record of human rights abuses experienced by detainees is continuing.

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