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Friday, June 17, 2011

Nauru

Nauru: Nauru signs UN Refugee Convention, Nauru has told Tony Abbott it plans to sign the United Nations Refugee Convention: NAURU has ratified the United Nations Refugee Convention, yesterday releasing a photograph of its president Marcus Stephen signing the document to prove the point.

This boosts Opposition leader Tony Abbott's attack on the federal government over its Malaysia refugee swap, because Malaysia is not a signatory to the Refugee Convention.

Signatories commit to key human rights principles, including not returning refugees to countries from which they have fled.
By The Age

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