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Refugee Update: children
Mar. 10th, 2018 11:19 amCompiling a long list of links to post. This government's attitude to children stands out with painful clarity. So, for now:
Judge orders Nauru refugee girl's transfer to Australia over suicide risk (GA, 10 February 2018)
The judge: “The injury or damage the applicant may suffer if an injunction is refused – death or a further serious deterioration in her health – carries far more weight in the balance than the wasted expenditure the commonwealth may suffer if an injunction is granted.” Our taxpayer dollars actually went to fighting to keep a suicidal child on Nauru.
Nauru refugee caught between her son and 'high heart attack risk' (GA, 19 February 2018)
"Medical report says she needs to be moved urgently for treatment but border force won’t allow her son to go with her." Doctors have been calling for her to be moved for years. Her son is a minor. They have both been found to be refugees.
Child abuse redress scheme would exclude offshore detention victims, lawyers say (GA, 7 February 2018)
"A national redress scheme was one of the key recommendations of the landmark child abuse royal commission, offering a way to compensate survivors without forcing them to resort to costly and prolonged civil action." However, the government has proposed it only be available to citizens or permanent residents.
ETA: This terrifying account of the removal of a refugee family from a Queensland community will tell you what this government thinks of families.
Judge orders Nauru refugee girl's transfer to Australia over suicide risk (GA, 10 February 2018)
The judge: “The injury or damage the applicant may suffer if an injunction is refused – death or a further serious deterioration in her health – carries far more weight in the balance than the wasted expenditure the commonwealth may suffer if an injunction is granted.” Our taxpayer dollars actually went to fighting to keep a suicidal child on Nauru.
Nauru refugee caught between her son and 'high heart attack risk' (GA, 19 February 2018)
"Medical report says she needs to be moved urgently for treatment but border force won’t allow her son to go with her." Doctors have been calling for her to be moved for years. Her son is a minor. They have both been found to be refugees.
Child abuse redress scheme would exclude offshore detention victims, lawyers say (GA, 7 February 2018)
"A national redress scheme was one of the key recommendations of the landmark child abuse royal commission, offering a way to compensate survivors without forcing them to resort to costly and prolonged civil action." However, the government has proposed it only be available to citizens or permanent residents.
ETA: This terrifying account of the removal of a refugee family from a Queensland community will tell you what this government thinks of families.
