Nauru blocking refugee evacuations a problem of Australia's creation – judge

Commonwealth 'created this situation' by setting up regional processing deal with another sovereign state, Justice Debra Mortimer says

Nauru's attempts to block court-ordered medical evacuations of refugees is a problem of the Australian government's creation, a federal court judge has said in a damning ruling.

Justice Debra Mortimer made the comments early last week while ordering the urgent transfer of a young woman who was ill after trying to take her own life, after she was allegedly raped on the same day she was denied US resettlement.