Nauru

July 17, 2018

Australia: New Video on Cruel ‘Offshore Processing’ Policy

A new video from Human Rights Watch highlights ongoing abuses ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Australian government’s reintroduction of its offshore processing and settlement policy. Under this policy, people seeking asylum who travel by boat are sent to remote offshore camps on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and the island nation of Nauru.

Refugee Rights

July 17, 2018 News Release

Australia: New Video on Cruel ‘Offshore Processing’ Policy
Children's Rights

June 29, 2017 Dispatches

Australia’s Abusive Asylum Policy Rebuked Again

Helen Griffiths
Coordinator, Children's Rights
Children's Rights

February 13, 2017 Commentary

Harassment Is Denying Refugee Children on Nauru an Education

Helen Griffiths
Coordinator, Children's Rights

Published In: New Zealand Herald

Videos Watch More

July 17, 2018 Video

Refugees Trapped by Australia for 5 years

Reports More Reports

August 2, 2016

Australia: Appalling Abuse, Neglect of Refugees on Nauru

Investigation on Remote Pacific Island Finds Deliberate Abuse Hidden Behind Wall of Secrecy

News

May 2, 2017 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch on Australia to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
February 3, 2017 Commentary

How Australia Can Solve Its Refugee Problem

Michael Garcia Bochenek
Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division

Published In: International Business Times
January 24, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission on Nauru to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
December 29, 2016 Commentary

For Managing Migration, Australia is No Model for Europe

Michael Garcia Bochenek
Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division

Published In: Die Presse
October 7, 2016 Dispatches

Nauru and Australia: Partners in Refugee Abuse

Michael Garcia Bochenek
Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division
September 19, 2016 Commentary

Australia’s Harsh Refugee Policy is No Global Model

Elaine Pearson
Australia Director

Published In: The Washington Post
September 13, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning Nauru
September 2, 2016 Commentary

Danish Lawmakers Will Find Nauru No Model for Europe

Michael Garcia Bochenek
Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division

Published In: Politiken
August 31, 2016 Dispatches

What Nauru Is Hiding From Danish Lawmakers

Michael Garcia Bochenek
Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division
August 10, 2016 Commentary

Leaked Nauru Files Show Horrors of Australia’s Refugee Detention System

Michael Garcia Bochenek
Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division

Published In: SBS
August 2, 2016 Report

Australia: Appalling Abuse, Neglect of Refugees on Nauru

Michael Garcia Bochenek
Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division
May 31, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Nauru Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct, Suicide

Elaine Pearson
Australia Director

Daily Brief

September 20, 2018

Thousands of asylum seekers, including kids, remain trapped in overcrowded camps on the Greek islands; Liberia's president should seek justice for past crimes at UN; potential abuses against older people in Australia; reports of arrests as Uganda's Bobi Wine returns home; Azerbaijan crackdown continues; nightmare facing Rohingya who dare to return home to Myanmar; and protesters arrested as they complain about working conditions in Turkey.