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Background
The Nauru Regional Processing Centre is an offshore Australian immigration detention facility that has been in use from 2001 to 2008, from 2012 to 2019, and from September 2021. It is located on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru and run by the government thereof. The use of immigration detention facilities is part of a policy of mandatory detention in Australia.
The Nauru facility was opened in 2001 as part of the Howard government's Pacific Solution. The centre was suspended in 2008 to fulfil an election promise by the Rudd government, but was reopened in August 2012 by the Gillard government after a large increase in the number of maritime arrivals by asylum seekers and pressure from the Abbott opposition.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Nauru Regional Processing Centre. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nauru-regional-processing-centre
Chicago
"Nauru Regional Processing Centre." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nauru-regional-processing-centre.
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