The impact of those deprivations is currently being examined by the Human Rights Commission's inquiry into the harms suffered by the 1,000 - plus children currently detained in immigration detention facilities in Australia and Nauru. (croakey.org)
The White House wants Congress to close what it calls legal «loopholes» in the asylum process: making it possible to deport immigrants under the age of 18 back to Central America without a court hearing; allowing the government to detain children in regular, jail - style immigration detention facilities along with their parents; and tightening the standards for when an immigrant can stay in the US to pursue an asylum case. (vox.com)
release human rights based inspection standards for immigration detention facilities in conjunction with the Commonwealth Ombudsman and Attorney - General's Department (humanrights.gov.au)