Abbott plan could reap windfall for Nauru Still reeling: Workers extinguish tend to the destroyed facilities at Nauru after more than 100 asylum seekers rioted. Nauru stands to reap up to $5 million each month in visa fees alone should an Abbott government go ahead with plans for a massive expansion of asylum seeker numbers on the tiny Pacific island. And despite Labor's embrace of a "PNG solution," Nauru is still eager to host asylum seekers on behalf of Australia and has begun consulting locals about an "open camp" for families and children. Asylum-seeker processing is now a mainstay of the Nauru economy. Labor already pays a visa charge of $3000 every three months to the Nauru government for each of the 544 asylum seekers on the island, on top of the costs of building and running the regional processing centre. The Coalition plan announced this week - with 2000 places for asylum seekers in a "tent city" on Nauru and potentially as many as 5000 - could deliver a $60 million annual windfall for a nation of only 10,000 people. Nauru has been reeling after a riot involving more than 100 asylum seekers almost three weeks ago that nearly destroyed the existing camp, built last September when Labor revived regional processing. Locals had already been wary of talk about "open camps" in which asylum seekers are free to roam the island. Nauru President Baron Waqa had said the open camp proposal was delayed just before the riot because of security concerns. But in a meeting with about 15 community leaders on Thursday, Justice Minister David Adeang sought responses on a proposal to move families and children to the second camp on the island and allow them to move about. "We were a bit scared away by the riot - that was a bit of a turn off," Madelyn Dube, one of the community leaders at the meeting, said. But she said the government was now more forthcoming with information and wanted the public view. Nauru secretary of justice and border control Lionel Aingimea said the revenue raised by the "Australian Regional Processing Visa" was invested in local priorities. This includes improvements to the education system, which already gets significant Australian aid and we're very grateful for that. But to show Nauru is serious about building the system, we need to put in our own money also," he said. The number of asylum seekers Nauru would accept under either the Coalition or Labor was still being discussed among ministers, he said. Many of the men charged over the riot remain in a crowded prison despite being granted bail.