Mental health workers caring for refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru have left the island, after being told their presence was ‘no longer required’.
On Wednesday, the Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders, confirmed that its international staff left the island, five days after being told their services were being terminated.
The organisation are deeply concerned for the health and wellbeing of its patients on the island, describing their mental health as ‘beyond desperate’.