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The Age: Australias Only Option Is to Release All Children in Detention – The Age (Melbourne) Opinion By Karen Zwi photo: Vulnerable: Putting children on Christmas Island exposes them to experiences that will haunt them for the rest of their lives. Wolter Peeters – The practice of locking up children indefinitely, identifying them by number, exposing them to violence and depriving them of education and developmental opportunities stands in stark contrast to widely held Australian values. Yet, on our recent visit to Christmas Island to assess the circumstances of children in immigration detention we met children who face this dehumanising reality every day. The children, teenagers and parents we interviewed were polite, dignified and grateful that we ...
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:07:52 +0000

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