A prominent lawyer says he suspects Australia has directed Nauru to prevent journalists from visiting the Pacific Island nation.
Australia has exiled about a thousand refugees to Nauru where the non-refundable fee to apply for a journalist's visa is $US5,000.
Secrecy surrounding Australian offshore detention of refugees recently prompted the lawyer, Julian Burnside QC, to publish an account of life on Nauru as related to him by a resident.
Mr Burnside told Ben Robinson Drawbridge that on Nauru refugees are not made to feel welcome.
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