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Nauru refugee camp ‘appalling,’ says rights group

Amnesty International says asylum seekers living on Australia's Nauru island refugee camp live in "harsh and repressive" conditions.

Australian artist Mireille Astore who fled Beirut during the 1975 war and arrived in Australia as a migrant stands in a barbed wire cage to draw attention to Australia's mandatory detention policy on Dec. 13, 2003.

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Nauru refugees 11 23 2012