Detention centres
No access to fresh air: Children held in ‘inadequate’ adult watch houses for weeks
Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet.
- by Keira Jenkins
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Opinion
Opinion
Why are we still locking up our children?
Another day, another kid found dead in a prison cell. It’s not the system that needs to change, it’s our thinking.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Forgotten kids’ in detention falling between cracks
Qld youth workers are in despair over kids spending 20-plus hours a day confined to a room, while judges last week described one child’s isolation as a disgrace.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Home Affairs boss admits her department didn’t warn Giles on detainee visa challenges
The immigration minister has been under fire over a directive he issued last year that has been linked to several tribunal decisions allowing visa holders to stay despite committing serious crimes.
- by Angus Thompson
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Immigration
Why this Coalition senator is calling for empathy in the immigration debate
A Queensland Liberal senator is urging a rethink from all sides of politics, saying the proposed legislation would have “real-world consequences” for vulnerable people.
- by Angus Thompson
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Immigration
Labor MPs raise community fears over deportation bill
Party sources say Bennelong MP Jerome Laxale questioned the impact of provisions blocking visas from countries who don’t accept the return of their citizens.
- by Angus Thompson
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Immigration
Labor plans new defence in court clash over immigration detainees
The government intends to mount a fresh defence in the High Court against asylum seekers who refuse to co-operate with Australian authorities.
- by David Crowe
WA man who fought deportation dies seven months after his release
Robert Taylor was facing deportation to the UK under strict immigration laws despite living in Australia his whole life. His fight to be released back to his family was eventually successful.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Rushed detention laws could fall foul of courts due to ‘human rights implications’
The new detention laws pushed through parliament before Christmas have been branded unacceptable by a committee chaired by a Labor MP.
- by Angus Thompson
Watch houses where kids stay locked up are wrapped in web of paperwork
“No one is directly responsible or accountable for the time a child spends in a watch house nor the impact this has on their wellbeing,” principal commissioner behind review says.
- by Courtney Kruk
Investigation
Detention Secrets
‘I cannot breathe’: Violence, excessive force plagues immigration detention
Understaffing and violence are the latest problems revealed in immigration detention centres, with a UN expert now calling for an investigation into the privately run system.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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