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The Nauru Files

Published by The Guardian Australia, comprise more than 2,000 leaked incident reports from the Australian-funded regional processing centre in Nauru.

About this finalist

  • Year: 2016
  • Level: Finalist
  • Award category: Young People's Award

About the 2016 nomination

Published by The Guardian Australia, comprise more than 2,000 leaked incident reports from the Australian-funded regional processing centre in Nauru. The Files revealed several serious allegations of assault and sexual abuse and offered an unprecedented insight into the deleterious impacts of third country processing on the health and wellbeing of people seeking asylum.

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