Let the children go - advocacy for children in detention by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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چکیده
Nelson Mandela’s words, “there can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children”, should give Australian immigration policymakers pause.1 The evidence is in, and it’s irrefutable — Australia’s detention of asylum seekers is harmful to both adults and children, and children are often scarred for life by their experiences.2,3 Detained children experience significant language and developmental delays, sleep and behaviour disorders, mental health conditions (such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidality), and inadequately treated physical health conditions at greater rates than refugee children who are not detained.2-4 The recent Australian Human Rights Commission report, The forgotten children, found that 85% of parents and children reported negative effects on their mental health while in detention. In the same report, clinician-rated assessments of children found 34% had mental health problems that would warrant referral to hospital-based outpatient mental health services for treatment, compared with 2% of children in the general Australian community.4 Exposure to parental depression, helplessness and uncertainty, compounded by family separation and incarceration in harsh and unstimulating environments, are all contributory factors.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Australia
دوره 202 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015