‘I feel like an empty shell’: the patients left behind when MSF had to quit Nauru

MSF says five years of ‘indefinite limbo’ endured by refugees and asylum seekers has led to a radical deterioration in mental health

• Helen Davidson and Saba Vasefi
• The Guardian

On Thursday Médecins Sans Frontières took a rare step in front of the microphone and publicly criticised the Australian government, demanding an end to its offshore processing policy.

Six days earlier its team of mental health workers had been forced by the Nauru government to abruptly stop work and leave the island – and their very sick patients.

MSF’s relationship with the government had been strained, but this came without warning or…

• ‘I feel like an…