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Govt to release asylum seeker children
Asylum seeker children held in residential detention to be released into community
Scott Morrison announces release of 150 children before facing detention inquiry
Asylum-seeker children to be released from detention
IIUC some of the children and families will be released from mainland immigration detention, and some from community detention facilities. The kids and their families will be in the community on bridging visas and with improved support. Only children under 10 who arrived before 19 July 2013 are eligible.
No children will be released from Nauru or Christmas Island, where about 300 children in total are held, and some of the worst conditions and harm have been reported. (Immigration Minister Scott Morrison faces the inquiry into children in detention this Friday.)
Asylum seeker children held in residential detention to be released into community
Scott Morrison announces release of 150 children before facing detention inquiry
Asylum-seeker children to be released from detention
IIUC some of the children and families will be released from mainland immigration detention, and some from community detention facilities. The kids and their families will be in the community on bridging visas and with improved support. Only children under 10 who arrived before 19 July 2013 are eligible.
No children will be released from Nauru or Christmas Island, where about 300 children in total are held, and some of the worst conditions and harm have been reported. (Immigration Minister Scott Morrison faces the inquiry into children in detention this Friday.)
