@am*3 wrote:August 2013:
Amnesty International has described the conditions as "inhumane". The government says they're temporary but Nauru's Foreign Minister, Kieren Keke, says permanent structures can't be erected until a dispute among landowners is settled. How long that will take is not clear.
This may refer to the 'third camp' they intend/ed to build.
I am getting confused - the riot reports say accommodation blocks, kitchen block and others were burnt down.. so they did have buildings and they are being replaced?
They have both tents and buildings?..not enough accom in buildings so they use tents as well?
An Immigration Department spokeswoman says detainees burned buildings to the ground, including the accommodation blocks, which can house 600 people.
The health centre and the dining room were also destroyed.
The government in Nauru says 80 per cent of the island detention centre's buildings were destroyed in the riot.
I found these interesting. Newsletters from the construction company. One before and one after the riots. They give a good idea of what had already been built and destroyed and what was going to be replaced.
http://www.canstruct.com.au/uploads/newsletter/Canstruct%20Nletter_June2013_web.pdf
https://www.canstruct.com.au/uploads/newsletter/Canstruct_Sept_2013_News_Webfinal.pdf
There's nothing since then though and its hard to get an idea of whether any of the rebuilt buildings are being used or whether construction has been halted since the new policy. It does get confusing.
@am*3 wrote:Who is crikey referred to in post 357? I can't see any posts made with that ID.
punch - I am not sure if she did actually contact the media herself...details are scant. Although that does raise a good point, re her asking for more visiting hours etc, she would need a translator present to be able to communciate.
I would hope that translators would be virtually on call.
The whole thing makes me really annoyed with the refugee advocates, although they do some very good work, there is clearly a lot of political point scoring involved too. I would hate to think that this woman wanted more hours and her requests were not passed on just to make a better story of it.
We can't really blame the Aust Govt for sending aslyum seekers to Nauru and making them sleep in tents. It was some of the asylum seekers there that started the fires (july 2013) that burnt down most of the new buildings including the accommodation blocks.
The new kitchen block was only open 2 days before it was destroyed.
From the Cantstruct links in punch's post:
Prior to the fire and over the last 6 months
Canstruct had constructed and commissioned
11 accommodation buildings (being almost
80% of the total number of accommodation
buildings). These were handed over and
occupied progressively since 28 January 2013.
All the asylum seekers in Nauru had been moved
out of tents and into the new accommodation
buildings. Canstruct had also constructed and
completed a number of new central facilities
including the kitchen, dining hall, recreation
centres, and administrative buildings.
During the riot, all the accommodation buildings
were destroyed and the dining and kitchen
facility was gutted. The administrative facilities
for DIAC, Transfield, IHMS and the Salvos were
completely destroyed.
