1 Feb 2017

Charity workers offered compo over Nauru sackings

6:34 pm on 1 February 2017

Nine charity workers have been offered an estimated US$755,000 in compensation by the Australian Government along with a statement of regret after they were sacked and deported from Nauru.

Save the Children

The workers' lawyer says they are satisfied Photo: Supplied

The Immigration Department acknowledged it had no reason to cause doubt to be cast on the reputation of the Save the Children employees amid false accusations in 2014 that they orchestrated protests and encouraged self-harm among detained asylum seekers.

A statement from the department also recognised the workers had suffered detriment for which the 'payment of money cannot be adequate compensation'.

The Save the Children workers' lawyer says he is very satisfied with the money and the statement of regret.

Chief Executive Paul Ronalds said he was pleased the traumatic and drawn out saga was coming to an end.

He said the idea that these nine people would ever fabricate cases of abuse or encourage children to hurt themselves is, and always was, absurd.

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