There has become a big
problem in Australia having to do with Immigration Detention. A report, The
Forgotten Children, has just been released stating that detention is dangerous
for children. They have evidence that detention can have a negative effect on a
child’s mental and emotional health as well and their physical development. The average time that someone is in detention
is aver a year and right now there is close to 300 children in immigration
detention Nauru and more than 100 children held on Christmas Island. In the
report it says “It is the fact of detention, particularly the deprivation of
liberty and high numbers of mentally unwell adults that is causing emotional
and developmental disorders amongst children”. These children are confined in
small quarters with adults who are mentally ill. Not to mention the fact that
having children crammed in a small place with hundreds of adults they do not
know puts them at risk for sexual and physical abuses. These children resort to
hurting or starving themselves because of what they conditions they are living
in are doing to them.
There is no other place
in the world that detains all of it non – citizens, Australia not only does
this but also detains children if there is an ASIO finding against their
parents. A minor should only be detained as a measure of last support but even
then I don’t think a child who has not done anything should be detained and put
into such bad conditions. Another issue with detainment is that not only are a
bunch of children still detained there are also some who are released and end
up on the streets unaccompanied. These children who are detained do not get the
proper care and education that they need. It is known globally that detention
is not good for children and the Australian government need to fix the
conditions in which these children are put in.
Eliana Berger
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/11/children-in-detention-scathing-criticism-in-human-rights-commission-report
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