UN official in Australia to probe migrant abuse

‘A senior UN investigator has arrived in Australia to launch a probe into the country’s much-criticized treatment of asylum seekers held in remote islands.
The trip on Tuesday came more than a year after Francois Crepeau aborted a similar visit to the country due to alleged lack of full cooperation from Canberra. Crepeau, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers, is trying to assess Australia’s harsh migration programs, policies and laws.
The country’s tough treatment of refugees, particularly those held on detention camps on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Manus, has already been criticized by human rights groups as inhumane and cruel.’
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