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At least 11 unaccompanied teenage boys, from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Afghanistan, have taken their own lives after arriving in the UK. We have written to Nadine Dorries, Minister for suicide prevention, along with 46 other organisations, demanding an inquiry. #11TooMany 
We are gravely concerned that these deaths are only the tip of an iceberg, because there is no transparency from the government about deaths by suicide in the asylum system or among children in care.
There is no publicly available data. The government is not asking local authorities to alert them about deaths of care-leavers.
Do the work to connect the dots between how white supremacy expresses itself in Australia. This is racism in Australia at work. Name it as such. Call it out. This #RefugeeWeek connect that #deathsincustody and deaths in detention are two expressions of the same system.
“The police are being really heavy handed, throwing and punching people around despite nothing but peaceful protests. There are young girls with black eyes, being punched in the collar bone, it's just disgusting.”
-Msg now from Kangaroo Point Central Hotel blockade #gameover
-Msg now from Kangaroo Point Central Hotel blockade #gameover
the Kangaroo Point Central Hotel blockade was set up the last few days to prevent the government/SERCO from smuggling out refugees detained in the hotel to higher security prisons like BITA. #freethemnow #setthemfree #justiceforrefugees #gameover #refugeeweek
