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The undesirables : inside Nauru / Mark Isaacs.

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ISBN	9781742708331 (pbk.)
ISBN	1742708331 (pbk.)
Name	Isaacs, Mark author.
Title	The undesirables : inside Nauru / Mark Isaacs.
Published	Melbourne Hardie Grant Books, 2014
Published	?2014
Description	xx, 331 pages ; 24 cm
Notes	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	This book takes us behind the gates of Nauru and provides a shocking, and often touching, eyewitness account of the treatment of men at Australia's offshore asylum-seeker processing centre. On Friday 19th July 2013, it was reported in the Australian media that over 150 asylum seekers had rioted and razed the Nauru Regional Processing Centre to the ground. The Nauruan community were mobilised into an emergency police force in an attempt to subdue the men. Asylum seekers, Nauruans and Australian security forces were involved in clashes that left many asylum seekers seriously injured. For Mark Isaacs, who had worked with the men in the Nauru Regional Processing Centre over the previous 10 months, this riot was an inevitable outcome of a cruel and degrading policy. It was a reaction to a build up of injustices these men had suffered throughout their incarceration in Nauru. Both devastating and encouraging, Mark's vignettes of life on Nauru and interactions with the men on the island give readers a first-hand experience of the realities. His unique voice and unbiased view allow readers to draw their own conclusions and holds up a mirror to the Australian government, and it's policies. This book is not a justification of the men's actions, it is an insight into life in the Nauru Regional Processing Centre in the lead up to that Friday evening. Australia's hard-line stance on asylum seekers is increasingly polarising the community and regardless of political stance, this is one every Australian should read in an era of increased secrecy around Australia's treatment of asylum seekers.
Subjects	Political refugees -- Australia
	Illegal aliens -- Australia
	Detention of persons
	Alien detention centers -- Nauru
	Detention of persons -- Australia
	Aliens -- Institutional care -- Australia
	Refugees and human rights -- Australia
	Refugees -- Government policy -- Australia
	Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
	Nauru -- Politics and government
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Alien detention centers -- Nauru . Aliens -- Institutional care -- Australia . Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy . Detention of persons . Detention of persons -- Australia . Illegal aliens -- Australia . Nauru -- Politics and government . Political refugees -- Australia . Refugees and human rights -- Australia . Refugees -- Government policy -- Australia . See Also: White Australia policy . Authors: Isaacs, Mark .

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