| Australia has bowed to widespread international condemnation by ending its policy to detain the children of asylum seekers on a remote Pacific island. The government announced yesterday that the last four children held on Nauru would soon be resettled with their families in the US under a deal signed with the Obama administration in 2016. At its peak 200 children were detained on the island in conditions described as "cruel, inhuman and degrading" by UN officials. "Every asylum seeker child has now been removed from Nauru or has had their claim processed and has a clear path off the island," Scott Morrison, Australia's prime minister, said in a statement with David Coleman, the immigration minister, yesterday. Refugees trying to reach Australia by boat have been… Let's block ads! (Why?)
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