Some 2,000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault, and attempted self-harm, were reported in two years at a detention centre for asylum seekers in Nauru, Australia. Half involved children, a local newspaper has reported.

Australia's detention of asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea has been ruled illegal by a court.

Australia is resisting mounting international pressure not to deport child asylum seekers, with a minister warning that allowing them to stay could attract more refugees to come by boat.

More than 260 asylum seekers face being deported from Australia to Nauru after Australia’s highest court rejected a challenge to the legality of the government’s refugee policy.