Facts about Nauru

Did you know?

• Nauru is a tiny inhospitable island 5 hours flight from Brisbane, 42 kms from the Equator.
• It is roughly the size of Tullmarine airport
• It is hot and humid, clothes go mouldy.
• 70% of the island is uninhabitable because of destruction from phosphate mining.
• Standards of education and health are very low
• Recently, dengue fever has broken out
  

  
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Did you know?

• Asylum seekers, including children are being detained by the Australian government in these conditions
• More than three quarters of these people have been found to be genuine refugees. The conditions in which they live have been described as ‘toxic’ and an ‘atrocity’ by psychologists who have worked there
• Very few journalists have been allowed to see and report on the conditions in the camps.
• Children fear going to school because they are attacked and bullied by teachers and other students.

While most of the children are on Nauru, there are also a number in detention and community detention in Australia.