A short history of Nauru, Australia's dumping ground for refugees
By A Mystery Man Writer
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Its phosphate reserves once made a speck in the Pacific one of the richest countries on Earth. Today Nauru is broke, barren and beholden to its neighbour
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A short history of Nauru, Australia's dumping ground for refugees
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