Asylum seekers from Nauru have made a desperate call to the Refugee Action Coalition saying they \u201care in a very bad situation\u201d and \u201cwe need urgent help.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe the media is not allowed to come to see us. Please tell the media, we need them to come to Nauru to see us here and see our bad situation. We request the media,\u201d the Refugee Action Coalition was told.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have no accommodation. We are in tents. We have no fans, no water, no air conditioner and no fridge. It is very hot \u2013 40 degrees; 42 degrees,\u201d the Nauru callers said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, people are sick. The weather is making people sick \u2013 people have headaches; there is high blood pressure; some have sugar problems. People are sick, mentally sick and physically sick.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is very bad situation. We need the media to come and see our situation. We cannot get answers. We ask when we will see immigration, but we are told every time to wait. The Salvation Army has no answer. We met the Salvation Army today but we are told again to wait for immigration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came to Australia for protection, not Nauru. We are not criminals; we are asylum seekers. But we are in Nauru camp. It is not camp; it is Nauru Hell.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople have attempted suicide. Every day people are mentally sick. They have used blades to cut themselves. Now they are being followed everywhere by four security guards.\u201d<\/p>\n
The call confirmed that there is a hunger strike by four or five people; one of them has not eaten for 11 days.<\/p>\n
There are now around 420 asylum seekers on Nauru.<\/p>\n
For more information contact Ian Rintoul, mob 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asylum seekers from Nauru have made a desperate call to the Refugee Action Coalition saying they \u201care in a very bad situation\u201d and \u201cwe need urgent help.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-press-releases"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t