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| Subject: Refugees harm selves at OZschwitz's Nauru Concentration Camp Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:50 am | |
| TEN episodes of self-harm at the Nauru processing centre in 24 hours were a direct response to the government's decision to release thousands of recently arrived asylum seekers into the community, according to Nauru detainees.
The Immigration Department confirmed that four acts of self-harm on Tuesday night were followed by another two episodes on Wednesday, saying some of the men received treatment for superficial injuries at the centre and none were transferred to the island's hospital.
Another four incidents followed late in the afternoon, according to an asylum seeker. ''I cannot express what is happening here,'' the man said. ''Everyone is crying and saying, 'Why am I here?'''
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/refugees-harm-selves-on-nauru-20121128-2aefa.html#ixzz2DaWG6Tge
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