As President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, I welcome the news that the Minister for Immigration has agreed to release all children and their families from detention before Christmas. Having seen first-hand the damage that detention does to children, I am very eager to find out where they will end up. Their release marks an important moment at which it is acknowledged that stopping the boats is not contingent on detaining children. I am relieved to know that they will be released after, on average, a year and three months in detention. For some of these children it will be the first time they will experience the world outside the fences of detention centres.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 04:27:23 +0000
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