Women on the Line

Children in Immigration Detention - grassroots responses


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Earlier this year, the Australian Human Rights Commission revealed the horrific conditions for families in immigration detention centres.Professor of Paediatrics, Elizabeth Elliott visited Christmas Island as part of that inquiry. She tells Women on the Line what she witnessed there.At a grassroots level, Australian women and families are mobilising to express their opposition to the policies that detain asylum seekers. 'Friends, Families and Feminists Against Detention' are expressing solidarity with those on Nauru and Manus Island. Nicole speaks with Caroline Morwitzer and Gabrielle De Vietri about a new group that includes mothers, babies and families in the front line of political actions.
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Women on the LineBy Cleis Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà & Scheherazade Bloul.

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