A United Nations committee in a statement on Thursday said it found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on the remote Pacific island of Nauru even after they were granted refugee status.
Under Australia's tough immigration policies, those attempting to reach the country by boat have been sent to detention centres including on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru for so-called "offshore processing" since 2013.
Such facilities have previously drawn scrutiny from rights groups.
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