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Australia should halt plan to deport refugees, migrants to Nauru

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By Annabel Hennessy Verified
| Pearls and Irritations
Last week, the Australian Government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation. It is also proposing new legislation to strip those facing deportation of their basic procedural rights. The government is targeting refugees and migrants whom it had previously been forced to release from its onshore immigration detention system following a landmark 2023 high court ruling.
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“All I Know Is I Want Them Home”

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By Annabel Hennessy Verified
| Human Rights Watch
It’s a struggle to get up every day.… I’m just trying to take it one day at a time and not try and think about the long term and all the things I’m going to miss out on because obviously that doesn’t help and just overwhelms me. I’m going to miss those first words, the first roll over, everything, they’re going to stop me from that first-time normal experience. You go from being a mum and getting used to doing bottles and feeding times … to completely nothing. ― Briana L.
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Annabel Hennessy: Prison is no place for children, especially in Australia

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By Annabel Hennessy Verified
| The West Australian Verified
In the space of four weeks in November 2024, there were at least 63 recorded cases of children in WA’s youth detention system attempting to harm themselves. This means on the average day that month there were at least two self-harm attempts. During the same period, there were also seven recorded cases of children attempting suicide in youth detention. In the past 18 months, two children have died in WA’s youth detention system from harming themselves.
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