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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Un watchdog says australia violated asylum seekers rights - Caught on Camera

Under a hardline policy introduced in 2012, Australia sent thousands of migrants to 'offshore processing' centres, including one on the Pacific island of Nauru (Credit: AFP)

Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a UN watchdog ruled Thursday, in a warning to other countries intent on outsourcing asylum processing.

The UN Human Rights Committee published decisions in two cases involving 25 refugees and asylum seekers who endured years of arbitrary detention in the island nation.

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