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Dec. 8th, 2008 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyBoost for border patrols as more boat people arrive. More "suspected asylum seekers", according to the SMH, bring this year's total would-be refugee influx to a massive one hundred and twenty. Do you realise that's 0.000006 asylum seekers for every man, woman, and child in this country?! (More seriously, it's about time we worked out some sensible refugee-processing arrangement with Indonesia, putting the people smugglers out of work, and saving us all this money on boats and things.)
Mandatory detention traumatises refugees: report. This only adds to what we've known for years, but here goes: "... levels of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among the group was ten times that of the normal population while the rate of clinical depression was seven times the normal level, which reduced their ability to participate in everyday activities... prolonged detention and harsh living conditions created by temporary protection visas contributed to poor mental health, which improved when refugees were granted permanent visas. Lead researcher Zachary Steel said those who were not detained or were detained only for short periods were much better able to begin building new lives in Australia and contribute to the community."
Mandatory detention traumatises refugees: report. This only adds to what we've known for years, but here goes: "... levels of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among the group was ten times that of the normal population while the rate of clinical depression was seven times the normal level, which reduced their ability to participate in everyday activities... prolonged detention and harsh living conditions created by temporary protection visas contributed to poor mental health, which improved when refugees were granted permanent visas. Lead researcher Zachary Steel said those who were not detained or were detained only for short periods were much better able to begin building new lives in Australia and contribute to the community."
