Omid, 23, was airlifted from the Nibok refugee settlement, where Parnian lives, to a hospital in Australia, where he died two days later. He had timed his protest against Australia using Nauru as a holding station for more than 600 refugees to coincide with a visit by UN refugee agency officials. Jason Oxenham The bedroom of refugee Helia, 15 years old in the Nibok refugee settlement. Jason Oxenham 13-year-old refugee Parnian, right, and her mother Zaha in the Nibok refugee settlement on Nauru are originally from Iran. Some of the refugees see some hope in moving to New Zealand, after it made an offer to Australia to take 150 refugees from Nauru and Papua New Guinea.

Source: Stuff September 07, 2018 08:23 UTC