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Refugee Update: children
Mar. 13th, 2018 11:13 amFollowing up on the report from Facebook:
Asylum seeker family removed 'without warning' at dawn in central Queensland, Tamil Refugee Council says (ABC, 12 March 2018)
The family have lived in Queensland for several years. Their daughters were born here.
Some good news:
Nauru refugee flown with son to Taiwan for critical heart surgery (GA, 13 March 2018)
"Fatemeh refused to leave her son alone and unsupervised on the island. He has suffered from acute mental health issues on Nauru, where unaccompanied minor refugees have faced significant violence." Presumably Taiwan was chosen because it is not a signatory to the Refugee Convention, and they wouldn't be able to apply for asylum there.
Asylum seeker family removed 'without warning' at dawn in central Queensland, Tamil Refugee Council says (ABC, 12 March 2018)
The family have lived in Queensland for several years. Their daughters were born here.
Some good news:
Nauru refugee flown with son to Taiwan for critical heart surgery (GA, 13 March 2018)
"Fatemeh refused to leave her son alone and unsupervised on the island. He has suffered from acute mental health issues on Nauru, where unaccompanied minor refugees have faced significant violence." Presumably Taiwan was chosen because it is not a signatory to the Refugee Convention, and they wouldn't be able to apply for asylum there.
