In a rare and forceful statement, the apolitical medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has detailed the ‘absolute devastation’ Australia’s offshore detention policy has wrought on asylum seekers stuck on Nauru. MSF was forced by Nauru's government to leave the island this week, after almost a year of providing psychological and psychiatric services to refugees, asylum seekers and Nauruans. MSF is calling for the immediate evacuation of all refugees on Nauru.

• In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is on 13 11 14. In the UK Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. Other international suicide helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org



