Young refugees who have been held on Nauru for much of their teenage years have spoken out in despair about their situation, as a severe child mental health crisis unfolds around them.
One 19-year-old said she often feels so overwhelmed by her situation that she wants to give up. “I just want to turn off my feelings,” she said.
A 21-year-old woman talked eloquently about the years that she feels the Australian government has robbed from her, and about how she has used her passion for music and arts to try and survive.
And in a short message, a 16-year-old described herself as “mentally broken”.
via Buzzfeed News
(The three audio links seem to be broken in the article but can be found here, here and here)
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