The UN High Commissioner for Refugees welcomes Nauru's decision to end the detention of asylum-seekers and to clear pending asylum claims promptly. On Monday, the Government of Nauru announced that, ...

Australia reopens asylum detention in Nauru tent city By James Grubel September 13, 201211:48 PM PDTUpdated September 13, 2012 ...

Australia hopes to reopen refugee detention centres in the Pacific islands nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea under a new plan to deter refugee boats from reaching Australia and prevent ...

The 'Pacific Solution' of transporting asylum seekers who arrive by boat in Australian waters to detention centres on Nauru and on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has attracted considerable ...