Some of the reports alleged abuse by guards against children, while there other reports of sexual advances by unknown men. The reports also show there were 30 incidents of self-harm among children and 159 of threatened self-harm involving minors. The were 59 reports of assaults on children in the period, and seven reports of sexual assaults. More than 2000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault and attempted self-harm, were reported in about two years at an Australian detention centre for asylum seekers in Nauru - and more than half iinvolved children, a newspaper reported. The remaining reports involving children cover a variety of issues, ranging from accidents to misbehaviour.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 10, 2016 04:07 UTC