Australia rejects report of sexual abuse against refugees on off-shore centers

‘Australian authorities have rejected a report that detailed alleged cases of sexual abuse against refugees in an Australian-run off-shore detention center, accusing the asylum seekers of making false allegations of sexual harassment.
The British Guardian daily on Wednesday published 8,000 pages of files it said were leaked from the Australian-run refugee detention camp on the remote Pacific island of Nauru, detailing more than 2,000 cases of sexual abuse and misconduct against refugee children and women in the camp between May 2013 and October 2015.
Reacting on Thursday, Peter Dutton, the Australian immigration minister, said the refugees and asylum seekers had lied about being victims of sexual abuse at the site.’
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