‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20

Prohibited from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensiveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsylum seekers sent to Nauru by Australia say they are going hungry on the island, prohibited from working to support themselves and given insufficient money to buy enough food.Others say they fear the Nauru government will deport them to their home countries, from where they say they have fled persecution and violence. Continue reading...