00:00 Well, we know that just under two months ago this particular group arrived, attempted to
00:07 arrive by boat to Australia and they were brought to the Narroo Processing Centre about
00:12 a month or two ago.
00:14 We're aware that there's about 11 people in this group.
00:17 One of them is a 17-year-old boy with their mother.
00:22 We're also aware that there's been at least one self-harm attempt that's been made by
00:27 a member of this group.
00:28 Now they're being held under very secretive conditions.
00:32 The government has, other than confirming the fact that these 11 people are held there,
00:37 there's been very little other information that's been able to get out.
00:40 In fact, they've been there for almost two months but it was only last week in Senate
00:44 estimates that it was even confirmed that they were there.
00:48 So little information, what exactly has the government had to say?
00:52 So the government has acknowledged that an arms-sickness vessel did attempt to arrive
00:58 and to enter Australian waters and we're aware that they were brought to the centre.
01:05 They're also being held at the processing centre, what's described as the reception
01:11 area, so they're not allowed to leave that part of the facility.
01:16 This is of course the processing centre that was effectively empty up until earlier today.
01:22 So it's significant that there's anyone on this centre for the first time and we're trying
01:25 to understand a bit more about them.
01:28 And Paul, what support are they receiving?
01:30 Well that's something that's really unclear as well.
01:33 It's unclear yet whether any of these individuals are intending or have made protection claims
01:38 or asylum claims.
01:42 There's a number of legal groups in Australia that provide support to asylum seekers who
01:47 have been held on Nauru and on Manus Island historically and none of them have actually
01:52 been able to make contact with any of the individuals with this group.
01:55 That's not to say someone else might not be providing them with some assistance, but at
01:59 the moment there's quite a bit of uncertainty about what exactly the nature of their claims,
02:03 if any, will be and some of those legal groups are calling on a bit more transparency around
02:09 them being there.
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