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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		Refugees in Nauru say they are struggling to access food, water, medicine
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:13:06
	Publish Date:		2022-07-07 03:14:02
	Description:		Almost forty per cent of the population of Nauru is currently infected with COVID-19, and with prices of food and water soaring, refugees still detained on the tiny Pacific Island nation say they are struggling to access food, water and medicines. More than 100 refugees are trapped on the island after more than nine years of detention, and the surge in coronavirus cases combined with difficulties accessing essentials has prompted the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre to issue an urgent plea to the government to evacuate the refugees to Australia. Prices for fresh food has skyrocketed and bottled water on the island, which doesn’t have a piped fresh water distribution system, is double the price in Australia in some places. Today on Please Explain, senior writer Bianca Hall joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the dire situation on Nauru. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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