The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014: This inquiry investigated how immigration detention affects the health, well-being and development of children. 1/8 #GameOver #TimeForAHome #EndChildDetention #RaiseTheAge #HomeToBilo #Auspol
The inquiry also assessed whether Australia’s laws, policies and practices for children in immigration detention were consistent with its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 2/8 #GameOver #TimeForAHome #EndChildDetention #RaiseTheAge #HomeToBilo #Auspol
Overarching finding: prolonged, mandatory detention of asylum seeker children causes significant mental and physical illness and developmental delays, in breach of Australia’s international obligations. 3/8 #GameOver #TimeForAHome #EndChildDetention #RaiseTheAge #HomeToBilo
Some of the problems suffered by children in detention include anxiety, distress, bed-wetting, suicidal ideation and self-destructive behaviour including attempted and actual self-harm. 4/8 #GameOver #TimeForAHome #EndChildDetention #RaiseTheAge #HomeToBilo #Auspol
A smaller number of cases had been diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses such as depression and PTSD. Either the cause or severity could be linked to the children's ongoing detention. The quality of treatment received is also affected by their detention. 5/8 #GameOver #HomeToBilo
The Commission found mandatory and prolonged immigration detention of children violates the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including: 6/8 #GameOver #TimeForAHome #EndChildDetention #RaiseTheAge #HomeToBilo #Auspol
Art 3(1), which requires that in all actions concerning children, the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration; 7/8 #GameOver #TimeForAHome #EndChildDetention #RaiseTheAge #HomeToBilo #Auspol
Art 24(1) which provides that all children have the right to the highest attainable standard of health; Art 37(b), which requires that children should only be detained as a measure of last resort, and for the shortest appropriate period of time. 8/8 #GameOver #HomeToBilo #Auspol
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