Nauru

Nauru is an island nation in the Pacific. It measures just 21 square kilometres (8.1 square miles) and has a population estimated at 10,834 as of 2020. The third-smallest country in the world by area, it is also the smallest republic and smallest island nation, and the second-smallest country by population.

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• The world learned about Australia’s cruel approach to refugees and asylum seekers during Novak Djokovic’s encounter with the immigration detention system... With an Australian election expected soon, all political parties should reject the indefinite, arbitrary immigration detention of refugees and asylum seekers.
  • Elaine Person, Australian director at Human Rights Watch, Australia: End Indefinite, Arbitrary Immigration Detention