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Australia to deport hundreds of unaccompanied child refugees to Malaysian ‘Tenko’

Disturbing news from Australia reveals that Julia Gillard, the Welsh born Australian Prime Minister, intends to send hundreds of asylum seekers, including many unaccompanied children, to a Tenko-style detention centre in Malaysia complete with watch towers, punishment cages and razor wire. According to Australia’s Green Left magazine, UN human rights commissioner Navi Pillay has denounced the [...]

Child refugees discuss their experiences on Woman’s Hour

Three teenagers who came to Britain as child refugees discuss their experiences on BBC Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour, 17/08/2010. You can listen to the interviews here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009g9d7

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