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Refugee Update
Dec. 14th, 2014 08:14 pm44 children, including 25 babies born in Australia, will be detained on Nauru rather than being released at the same time as other asylum seeker children. "There is despair and confusion. People don't understand why they are being treated differently to people who arrived on the same boat – and in some cases in the same family."
The Senate Committee's report on the outbreak of violence on Manus Island, including the murder of Reza Berati, says the outbreak was "eminently foreseeable", that the government failed in its duty of care to the asylum seekers, and recommended compensation be paid to the victims. It also accused Immigration Minister Scott Morrison of misleading the public in blaming the victims immediately after the attacks. The government responded that the violence was the fault of the Labor and Green parties and that everything is fine now.
The other fatality (so far) (that we know about) is Hamid Kehazaei, who died of blood poisoning after his urgent medical evacuation from the Manus Island facility was delayed by more than a day. The contract for the medical services provider on Nauru and Manus Island, International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), has just been renewed for five years. A leaked draft report reveals that the Department of Immigration complained to IHMS that its doctors "advocated" for patients' health, for example, deeming them unfit to return to the detention.
ETA: Some pricetags:
$10 billion: detention contracts since mid-2007
$1 billion: offshore detention in 2013-2014
$859,363: cost per asylum seeker held offshore in 2013-2014
$120,000: monitoring the media for mentions of Scott Morrison and Assistant Immigration Minister Michaelia Cash
The Senate Committee's report on the outbreak of violence on Manus Island, including the murder of Reza Berati, says the outbreak was "eminently foreseeable", that the government failed in its duty of care to the asylum seekers, and recommended compensation be paid to the victims. It also accused Immigration Minister Scott Morrison of misleading the public in blaming the victims immediately after the attacks. The government responded that the violence was the fault of the Labor and Green parties and that everything is fine now.
The other fatality (so far) (that we know about) is Hamid Kehazaei, who died of blood poisoning after his urgent medical evacuation from the Manus Island facility was delayed by more than a day. The contract for the medical services provider on Nauru and Manus Island, International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), has just been renewed for five years. A leaked draft report reveals that the Department of Immigration complained to IHMS that its doctors "advocated" for patients' health, for example, deeming them unfit to return to the detention.
ETA: Some pricetags:
$10 billion: detention contracts since mid-2007
$1 billion: offshore detention in 2013-2014
$859,363: cost per asylum seeker held offshore in 2013-2014
$120,000: monitoring the media for mentions of Scott Morrison and Assistant Immigration Minister Michaelia Cash
