The company contracted to provide support for refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru will leave the island before Christmas, after deciding it would not retender for the contract. A CSS spokesman confirmed the company would leave Nauru and would not tender for any further contracts but declined to comment further. It had originally intended to leave Nauru and Manus in February but the Australian government unilaterally exercised an option to extend its term by eight months. Earlier this month Wilson Security announced it would also leave offshore detention “in line with Broadspectrum’s future intentions ... and will not tender for any further offshore detention services”. The department would “work collaboratively with Connect Settlement Services in transitioning settlement services on Nauru”, she said.

Source: The Guardian September 19, 2016 04:53 UTC