AUSTRALIA-ASYLUM/(01 of15)
Open Image ModalA relative of asylum seekers, currently being held on the tiny south Pacific island of Nauru, known only as \'Fida\', cries during a media conference to officially launch rights group Amnesty International\'s report titled \'Island of Despair - Australia\'s \"Processing\" of Refugees on Nauru\' in Sydney, Australia, October 18, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray (credit:David Gray / Reuters)
AUSTRALIA-REFUGEES/(02 of15)
Open Image ModalRefugee advocates react as they hold placards and yell slogans during a protest in central Sydney, Australia, October 5, 2016 calling for the closure of the Australian detention centres located in Nauru and Manus Island. REUTERS/David Gray (credit:David Gray / Reuters)
AUSTRALIA-IMMIGRATION/(03 of15)
Open Image ModalPolice watch a group of around twenty protesters occupy Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull\'s electoral office, demanding the end to the policy of offshore detention of asylum seekers, in the Sydney suburb of Edgecliff, Australia, October 14, 2015. Pressure was mounting on Turnbull to address the alleged mistreatment of asylum seekers being held in offshore detention centres amid a string of embarrassing revelations surrounding the camps. Asylum seekers have long been a contentious political issue in Australia, although it has never received anywhere near the number of refugees currently flooding into Europe from the Middle East and North Africa. Successive Australian governments have vowed to stop asylum seekers reaching the mainland, turning boats back when it can and sending those it cannot to detention in camps on Manus island in Papua New Guinea, and in Nauru. REUTERS/David Gray (credit:David Gray / Reuters)
AUSTRALIA-ASYLUM/NAURU(04 of15)
Open Image ModalProtesters hold placards at the \'Stand up for Refugees\' rally held in central Sydney October 11, 2014. Around a thousand protesters attended the rally, demanding changes to the Australian government\'s current policies for refugees. Australia\'s tough policies aimed at stopping asylum seekers reaching the country by boat include sending migrants to camps in impoverished Papua New Guinea and Nauru, where they face long periods of detention while they are processed. The policies have been heavily criticised by the United Nations and human rights groups. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION) (credit:David Gray / Reuters)
RIGHTS AUSTRALIA AMNESTY(05 of15)
Open Image ModalAmnesty International leaders from 22 missions in Asia participate in a\nmarch to Australian prime minister John Howard\'s Sydney residence July\n1, 2003 demanding the release of child refugees detained in Pacific\nisland camps. The marchers said that the treatment of asylum seekers\nhad tarnished Australia\'s reputation as a human rights leader in the\nregion, and called for the immediate release of 112 children detained\nin Nauru. REUTERS/David Gray\n\nDG/PB (credit:Reuters Photographer / Reuters)
RIGHTS AUSTRALIA AMNESTY(06 of15)
Open Image ModalAmnesty International leaders from 22 missions in Asia sign a petition\nduring outside Australian prime minister John Howard\'s Sydney residence\nJuly 1, 2003 demanding the release of child refugees detained in\nPacific island camps. The marchers said that the treatment of asylum\nseekers had tarnished Australia\'s reputation as a human rights leader\nin the region, and called for the immediate release of 112 children\ndetained in Nauru. REUTERS/David Gray\n\nDG/PB (credit:Reuters Photographer / Reuters)
Australia Asylum Seekers(07 of15)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this Sept. 19, 2001, file photo, refugees, right, gather on one side of a fence to talk with international journalists about their journey that brought them to the Island of Nauru. Human rights groups accused Australia on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, of deliberately ignoring the abuse of asylum seekers being held at the remote Pacific island detention camp in a bid to deter future refugees from trying to reach the country by boat. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Asylum Seekers(08 of15)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this Sept. 21, 2001, file photo, men shave, brush their teeth and prepare for the day at a refugee camp on the Island of Nauru. Human rights groups accused Australia on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, of deliberately ignoring the abuse of asylum seekers being held at the remote Pacific island detention camp in a bid to deter future refugees from trying to reach the country by boat. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NAURU ASYLUM SEEKERS(09 of15)
Open Image ModalLocal men watch as the Australian navy ship HMAS Manoora moves slowly along the Nauru coast Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001. The Manoora, carrying hundreds of refugees picked up in Australian waters weeks ago, loomed close to Nauru\'s shores Tuesday, as it prepared to offload its human cargo onto this tiny Pacific island state. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NAURU ASYLUM SEEKERS(10 of15)
Open Image ModalLocal men help unload bedding and kitchen equipment from a cargo plane at the Nauru Airport in preparation for an expected arrival of several hundred refugees on their way to the tiny Pacific island nation, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Nauru has accepted a plan that will allow the refugees, rejected by the Australian government before they reached land, to stay on the Island while they can be proccessed for immigration to other countries. A federal court judge Tuesday overruled a recent government decisionto turn away a boatload of mostly Afghan refugees saying Australia illegally detained the 433 asylum seekers and should now allow them to land on Australian soil. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NAURU ASYLUM SEEKERS(11 of15)
Open Image ModalPlumbing is installed in the Nauru Anaoe Village in Nauru, where several hundred refugees are shortly expected Monday, Sept. 10, 2001. The tiny Pacific Island nation of Nauru has agreed to accept more than 500 refugees for processing after being rescued from sinking boats off the coast of Australia\'s Christmas Island but refused entry by the Australian government. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NAURU ASYLUM SEEKERS(12 of15)
Open Image ModalA sample of accommodations at the Nauru Anaoe Village in Nauru, Monday, Sept. 10, 2001. The tiny Pacific Island nation of Nauru has agreed to accept more than 500 refugees for processing after being rescued from sinking boats off the coast of Australia\'s Christmas Island and were refused entry by the Australian government. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Protest in Melbourne(13 of15)
Open Image ModalMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 26 : Two banners and candles at the gates of a refugee detention centre during a candlelight vigil as protestors stand in solidarity with refugees in detention in Melbourne, Australia February 26, 2016. Many refugees inside the Immigration Detention Centre are due to be sent to Nauru or Manus Island. (Photo by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Protest in Melbourne(14 of15)
Open Image ModalMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 26 : Protestors place candles outside the gates of a refugee detention centre during a candlelight vigil as protestors stand in solidarity with refugees in detention in Melbourne, Australia February 26, 2016. Many refugees inside the Immigration Detention Centre are due to be sent to Nauru or Manus Island. (Photo by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Protest in Melbourne(15 of15)
Open Image ModalMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 26 : Banners relating to the closure of the Manus Island detention centre, Reza Barati and Aboriginal Genocide hung at the gates of a refugee detention centre during a candlelight vigil as protestors stand in solidarity with refugees in detention in Melbourne, Australia February 26, 2016. Many refugees inside the Immigration Detention Centre are due to be sent to Nauru or Manus Island. (Photo by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)