Refugee Update
We Care Nauru is preparing to send another load of goods to the refugees on Nauru, this time with Christmas in mind, and are seeking donations. Scroll down their FB feed for images of the previous deliveries.
Meet the forgotten children of Nauru (Four Corners, 17 October 2016) The episode will be shown tonight at 8.30 pm, Eastern Daylight Savings Time - lots of repeats and an e-version too.
Nauru files: review confirms 19 police referrals over abuse claims, yet no prosecutions (GA, 5 October 2016)
Three Nauru refugees volunteer to be resettled in Cambodia (GA, 15 October 2016)
Masoud, the Somali refugee with a dangerous head injury, is still on Manus, where he can't receive adequate medical treatment. His friends have been refused permission to see him.
Catching up on links:
Nauru refugee who set herself alight 'denied basic social support' in Brisbane hospital (GA, 22 September 2016)
The American solution: Could Malcolm Turnbull's promise see an end to Manus and Nauru? (SMH, 21 September 2016)
Newly leaked Nauru reports detail harrowing accounts of sexual abuse and self-harm (GA, 19 September 2016)
Nauru support workers to leave before Christmas after decision not to retender (GA, 19 September 2016) "It is understood the employees [of Connect Settlement Services] were told the services required on Nauru were beyond the capabilities of a settlement agency. The agency is believed to have consistently raised concerns about insufficient mental healthcare and child protection services on the island." Will this strand Nauru refugees without support, or will it force Australia to bring them here?
Meet the forgotten children of Nauru (Four Corners, 17 October 2016) The episode will be shown tonight at 8.30 pm, Eastern Daylight Savings Time - lots of repeats and an e-version too.
Nauru files: review confirms 19 police referrals over abuse claims, yet no prosecutions (GA, 5 October 2016)
Three Nauru refugees volunteer to be resettled in Cambodia (GA, 15 October 2016)
Masoud, the Somali refugee with a dangerous head injury, is still on Manus, where he can't receive adequate medical treatment. His friends have been refused permission to see him.
Catching up on links:
Nauru refugee who set herself alight 'denied basic social support' in Brisbane hospital (GA, 22 September 2016)
The American solution: Could Malcolm Turnbull's promise see an end to Manus and Nauru? (SMH, 21 September 2016)
Newly leaked Nauru reports detail harrowing accounts of sexual abuse and self-harm (GA, 19 September 2016)
Nauru support workers to leave before Christmas after decision not to retender (GA, 19 September 2016) "It is understood the employees [of Connect Settlement Services] were told the services required on Nauru were beyond the capabilities of a settlement agency. The agency is believed to have consistently raised concerns about insufficient mental healthcare and child protection services on the island." Will this strand Nauru refugees without support, or will it force Australia to bring them here?