Child asylum seekers living in limbo
By: [researched and written by] Katherine Goode.
Contributors: Australian Refugee Association.; Action for Children SA.; Law Society of South Australia. Children and the Law Committee.
Publisher: Action for Children SA; Australian Refugee Association; Children and the Law Committee of the Law Society of South Australia
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Unley, SA; Underdale, SA; Adelaide, SA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.; Refugee children -- Australia -- South Australia.; Refugees -- Government policy -- Australia.; Detention of persons -- Australia.; Asylum, Right of -- Australia.
Description: This booklet will review the history of Australia's changing policy on refugees and asylum seekers. It will then examine the psychological and physical effects of mandatory detention on asylum seekers, with a particular emphasis on children and unaccompanied minors. It will also look at what happens after they have received a temporary visa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Webliography: p. 48.
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