A general view of one of the refugee camps in Nauru. Four refugees have attempted suicide after the Australian general election recently. – AFP, May 21, 2019.
AT least four refugees in Australia’s offshore Pacific camps have attempted suicide since the conservative government’s shock re-election Saturday, according to refugees, advocates and police. Around 800 would-be refugees who tried reach Australia have been sent to live in severe conditions on the remote islands of Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus under a hardline policy from Canberra.
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