A young girl who's at "extreme risk" of self harm at Nauru detention centre must be brought to Australia to receive mental health treatment, the Federal Court has ruled.
The girl, not yet a teenager, arrived at Christmas Island in 2013 with her family as an unauthorised arrival.
They were placed in Nauru's offshore processing centre and granted temporary settlement visas after being deemed to be refugees.
She attempted to take her own life on December 9 last year and has continued to express the wish to end her life, the Federal Court judgment, handed down on Friday, notes.
Judge Bernard Murphy granted an urgent injunction to bring the girl to a place with a specialist child mental health facility.
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