#Wilson_Security to withdraw from Australia’s offshore detention centres
The company announces it will leave Manus Island and Nauru detention centres at the end of its contract in October 2017
▻https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/01/wilson-security-to-withdraw-from-australias-offshore-detention-centres?
#Australie #asile #migrations #réfugiés #Nauru #Manus_island #privatisation
Nauru contract standoff causes chaos and confusion as refugee services left in limbo
A refusal by Nauru to agree to a contract extension until the 11th hour has caused chaos and confusion on the island, after refugees and asylum seekers were told to clear out of the processing centre and warned healthcare may stop.
Australia and Nauru have been working towards Nauru taking over contracts to provide welfare and garrison service to the 400 or so asylum seekers and refugees on the island, but Nauru has struggled to be ready.
As a result Australia has repeatedly extended its $432m contract with #Canstruct, which contracts #Wilson to provide security, with the most recent six-month extension due to expire at midnight on Tuesday.
However as late as Tuesday afternoon there was no decision made on either extending with Canstruct or Nauru signing a new contract, which resulted in fear and confusion among the refugee and asylum seeker group.
The standoff, which saw Canstruct and Wilson inform other stakeholders they were “demobilising” only ended late on Tuesday afternoon when Nauru agreed to a three-month extension.
Island’s government extends Canstruct’s contract at 11th hour but not before asylum seekers were told to clear out
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/30/nauru-contract-standoff-causes-chaos-and-confusion-as-refugee-services-
#canstruct