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Asylum seekers staring at media from behind a fence at the Oscar compound in the Manus Island detention centre, Papua New Guinea. EPA
Asylum seekers staring at media from behind a fence at the Oscar compound in the Manus Island detention centre, Papua New Guinea. EPA
Why has Nauru locked up a hundred migrants on Australia's behalf?
Sholto Byrnes is an East Asian affairs columnist for The National
16 February, 2022