This is what happened to the children on Nauru that Australia rejected

The final refugee children to leave Australia's offshore processing centre may now be resettled in the US, but the scars of life in detention remain.

Kirsty Johansen reports from New York City

Content warning: references to self-harm and suicide

Thousands of people gathered across Australia at the weekend, calling for an end to offshore processing, ahead of next month’s federal election.

“We have allowed human beings to be mistreated, looked away as people have died,” refugee advocate and presenter Craig Foster told a crowd at the Palm Sunday rally in Sydney. “Policy must follow.”

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Published 1 May 2019 2:43pm
Updated 2 May 2019 2:35pm
By Kirsty Johansen
Source: The New York Times


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