This morning’s reports that the government is promising to remove all children off Nauru, by the end of year are welcome. The ASRC is currently working with 20 children on Nauru that need urgent medical care. Altogether, 38 children and their families still remain in offshore processing and the government has the power to transfer
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Furious doctors condemn PM Morrison for ‘turning his back’ on critically ill children as details released of health crisis facing 52 kids left behind on Nauru. Today for the first time, health information has been released detailing the disturbing condition of critically ill children that the Morrison Government has left behind on Nauru. One in
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Legal experts and human rights advocates today condemned Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s refusal to resolve the urgent medical emergency for children on Nauru when he ruled out negotiating with Labor and the cross-bench. As voters over the weekend called for action after five cruel years of offshore detention, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, the Human
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The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) welcomes the courage and leadership shown by liberal moderates in demanding Prime Minister Morrison evacuate all children seeking asylum and their families off Nauru. The current critical situation on Nauru is well documented by organisations including the ASRC, and most recently by Medicines Sans Frontiers’ (MSF) exposure of the
Read moreThe Australian Government’s prolonged inaction, victim blaming and denial of the seriousness of mental health is directly responsible for the worsening medical crisis engulfing men, women and children seeking asylum on Nauru. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) can confirm that the ambulance service on Nauru is refusing to respond to calls until they receive
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