Island Nations: Australian Government and Detention Camps

island nations: The Australian government pays both countries to house the refugees, because it refuses to settle any of them in Australia, according to Metro News. That has resulted in many of them languishing inside the detention facilities for years. A look at what's at stake AUSTRALIA DOESN'T WANT BOAT REFUGEESUnder the Obama administration, the U.S. agreed to resettle a group of refugees who are being held at detention camps on the impoverished Pacific island nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea. The conditions at the camps are grim and reports of detainees suffering abuse and attempting suicide are frequent. The refugees are, in fact, among around 1,250 asylum seekers who were transferred to the island detention centres after being intercepted while trying to reach Australia by boat. UNCLEAR HOW MANY ARE GENUINE REFUGEESPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly described the refugees as illegal immigrants and said in a tweet that there are thousands of them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.