journalists face huge costs
-nauru, the tiny pacific island that hosts a controversial australian immigration detention centre, is hiking visa costs for foreign journalists by 40 times, fuelling concerns over secrecy surrounding australia's asylum-seeker policy.
the flow of refugee boats is a hot political issue in australia, polarising voters while stoking tension with neighbours such as indonesia and srilanka over border security policies criticised by the united nations
nauru's decision to increase the cost of applying for a one-visit visa from a $200(5,900 baht) to $8000(237,000 baht) makes the rate one of the most expensive in the world