Recent reports that three asylum seeker children have been transferred from Nauru back to Australia because of concerns about their health raises a more fundamental question that lies at the heart of Australia’s international legal obligations and decision-making. Can offshore processing in Nauru or Papua New Guinea ever be in a child’s best interests? … in Australia, the best interests of the child are subordinate to the slippery notion of the public interest, which the government equates with protecting the integrity of Australia’s borders.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 21:35:14 +0000
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