After sharp criticism from human rights defenders and women human rights activists Australia refrained from the internment of refugees in childhood in its controversial camps on remote Pacific Islands. Of the 109 children who were detained at the refugee camp in the island nation of Nauru just six months ago, there are only four left and their departure is imminent, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today.
However, the children are not expected to come to Australia: they would be brought to receptive third countries. The last four children could travel with their families to the US, announced Morrison.
Australia is being criticized for its harsh deterrence policies at home and abroad. The country relocates all refugees who try to come to Australia by boat and are picked up in camps in the Pacific States of Nauru and Papua New Guinea. They are detained there until their asylum applications in Australia are examined.
