Nauru detention centre staff told they could lose jobs for talking about refugees

Canstruct employees warned against talking to media about their work during Pacific Islands Forum

Australian employees of the company that runs the immigration centre on Nauru say they have been threatened with their jobs if they speak to journalists during the Pacific Islands Forum about what happens inside the island’s offshore processing regime.

In a leaked recording of a Canstruct meeting, employees are told they can talk about fishing, or give directions, but should be wary of journalists asking apparently innocent questions about the weather before “they might just then slip in a question about … the processing centre”.

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