'I need freedom': refugees approved for resettlement stranded on Nauru as processing stalls

Delays are causing further suffering for almost 200 refugees whose requests for transfer or resettlement were approved in 2019

A group of almost 200 refugees on Nauru who have had either medical transfers or resettlement requests approved since 2019 still remain on the island, and their cases have stalled, despite the Coalition claiming to have dealt with the backlog.

The delays and policy inertia is causing further suffering for refugees and raises questions about why the resettlement and medevac processes have ground to a halt.