Australia slammed for locking up refugees on secret ASIO advice
Huge cheers for the Dutch, Australia's refugee shame.
Date May 16, 2016
Daniel Flitton Senior Correspondent
A former Tamil refugee 'Ragav', released in 2015 after more than five years in immigration detention after ASIO revised its assessment issuing him a visas poses a security threat. Photo: Josh Robenstone
The United Nations has savaged Australia's policy of locking away refugees for years without charge or trial on the basis of secret intelligence assessments.
An international legal panel at the UN has demanded compensation over "serious psychological harm" done to five men incarcerated for five years - only to be suddenly released into the community in recent months after the secret security finding was reversed.
The photos of that Netherlands prison are really uplifting to see, the conditions and the care and attention given to the refugees puts Australia to shame ..
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