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   ocr: Indigenous Nauruans are a homogenous group. They do little of1 - the tough work on the island, which is left to - an importedlabor force, mainly from Kiribati, who live in enclaves of male-only barracks and have few rights. Asociety ofjust 9,400,Nauru is mostly self- regulating. There is some generational tension between younger Nauruans, who go to Australia to study, but have little incentive to do well, and their parents, who fought hard for independence. As the phosphate runs out, an increasing feeling of pointlessness is gripping the young. Many see their tuture in Australia or New Lealand ...