Human rights groups demand closure of Manus and Nauru after scathing Senate report

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre calls for end to 'dangerous failure' of offshore detention after report finds government responsible for centres

Human rights and legal groups say a scathing Senate report on offshore processing and conditions inside detention highlights the government's "wilful inaction" and bolsters their calls for the closure of the Manus Island and Nauru centres.

On Friday the government released a report by the Senate committee on legal and constitutional affairs, which followed a seven-month inquiry into allegations of abuse on Manus and Nauru sparked by the Guardian's publication of the Nauru files.