Self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention

Self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention has attracted much attention over the past two decades. In 2012, the Australian Government reinstated offshore processing for asylum seekers—a policy previously maintained from 2001 to 2008—meaning that asylum seekers who arrived by boat were transferred to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, or to the Pacific island nation of Nauru, for processing.1Karlsen E Phillips J...