“She [doesn’t] know that I’m in Nauru. I don’t want to tell her, otherwise, she’ll get upset. “When she’s upset, she cuts her hand because she misses me after 10 years apart.” Next week, Ali will fly to Australia as the federal government plans to empty the island of refugees by 30 June.
But despite their transfers, Australia will retain an “enduring” capacity for offshore detention on the island indefinitely.