Nauru

Amnesty International is describing new laws in Nauru restricting medical transfers off the island a "dangerous and callous act."

Australia's Christmas Island is not equipped to provide adequate healthcare for sick refugees, the territory's shire council says.

A refugee advocate says new laws restricting medical transfers off the island are putting refugee lives at risk.

Nauru's government has rushed through new laws to prevent residents being granted medical transfers based on online recommendations.

Refugees transferred from offshore detention for medical treatment will be taken to Christmas Island, Australia's senate has been told.

A former Nauru president in need of critical medical treatment is seeking asylum in Australia.

The UN Refugee Agency is welcoming a law passed by the Australian parliament to address the crticial medical needs of refugees detained offshore.

Nauru's president has proposed changing the constitution to increase a government's parliamentary term from three to four years.

Australian MPs have passed a landmark bill with an opposition amendment making it easier for sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country.

The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has launched a tele-health service in Australia to care for people on Nauru.

Some refugees detained by Australia on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have waited for more than five years for medical transfers recommended by doctors.

Australia's government continues to play politics with the plight of children it detained on Nauru, a refugee advocate says. Audio

Nauru has broken ground on its ambitious new port project at Aiwo.

There is a claim that Nauru is being developed as a conduit for international money transfers for Ukraine's separatist republic of Donetsk.

The Government's increasing the money it gives to Nauru, the small Pacific Island Australia uses as an offshore refugee processing centre.

A doctor who blew the whistle on Australia's wilful neglect of refugees detained on Nauru has won an award for free speech.