Nauru

The Australian based Refugee Action Coalition says a heavily pregnant Kurdish asylum seeker on Nauru should be urgently taken to Australia to give birth.

Nauru's Minister of Justice David Adeang has defended high visa fees for journalists visiting Nauru to report, saying it's a fragile situation on the island.

A Nauru opposition MP has rejected the justice minister's testimony to the United Nations.

The head of Save the Children Australia says there needs to be far greater transparency and oversight of Australia's offshore detention centres on Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

A review of Nauru's human rights record this week will give United Nations members a chance to express concerns about issues like press freedom and the treatment of refugees.

The head of Save the Children Australia says the charity has been treated as a scapegoat by the Australian and Nauru governments during its time at the asylum seeker detention centre.

The head of Save the Children Australia says the end of its tenure on Nauru means there is no longer an agency to speak up for the rights of children in detention there.

Save the Children's tenure on Nauru has come to an end as other charities pay bonds to the government, which can be forfeited if they speak out on its policy.

The Australian Opposition's immigration spokesperson says he believes Nauru is open to greater media access to the island, but the federal government needs to convince it why it should.

Australia's immigration minister, Peter Dutton, says a Somali refugee who became pregnant after she was allegedly raped on Nauru will return to Australia for medical advice on seeking an abortion.

Nauru's justice minister has rejected foreign journalists' calls for greater access, saying the country's government has no obligation to answer to foreign media.

The Philippines says it will not accept any refugees sent by Australia if they are expected to live there permanently.

The government of Nauru says it is considering restarting its own shipping service because of high charges levied by the only company linking the island with Fiji.

Refugee advocates say the family camp for asylum seekers on Nauru was evacuated yesterday after an unexploded bomb was uncovered.

Nauru's government has appointed a senior law lecturer at the University of the South Pacific as its new Supreme Court registrar.