YOUNG BOY IN ANAOE VILLAGE, HOME TO ASYLUM SEEKERS IN NAURU.
Two-year-old Joe Young, the son of an on-site construction worker,
stands on a bed in one of 17 buildings that contain two three-bedroom
apartments in the Nauru Anaoe Village September 10, 2001. The village
will house some of the more than 400 asylum seekers in the world's
smallest republic of Nauru. Australian Defence Minister Peter Reith
signed a Statement in Principal agreement with the republic's President
Renee Harris on Monday for the tiny South Pacific island to host the
asylum seekers while their refugee status is determined, at a cost
expected at close A$20 million (US$11 million). REUTERS/Mark Baker
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