Surrounded by the shelves and furniture her older brother made, 13-year-old Parnian sits in the small, neat living room where she spends much of her time, recalling the day two years ago she watched family friend Omid set himself alight.
"It was just down there," she says, motioning toward a patch of dusty earth in front of a couple of shipping containers on this hot, rocky part of the island that locals call Topside.
"And then the man was on fire. And he was just screaming."
If they don't get out of here, they hope to get out of their life."
"They're running their lives normally, just like any other Nauruans. They're provided all the services that are available to the Nauruans. And, you know, we live together very happily."
Waqa was this week put in the unusual position of facing questions about the refugees from journalists, because the nation of 11,000 people was hosting the Pacific
"The Pacific is doing a lot of good things. That's probably why (President Donald)
"You'd rather talk about the issues and refugees and things that only interest you, but not the Pacific."
"There's nothing, literally nothing, here. It's not even safe."
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