‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20. By Ben Doherty and Sarah Basford Canales, The Guardian

Asylum 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.

More than 160 people have been sent to Nauru by the Australian government since the offshore processing regime restarted on the Pacific island in 2023.

‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20. By Ben Doherty and Sarah Basford Canales, The Guardian