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Aussie child refugee detentions illegal. (Child & Family).


CANBERRA Canberra (kăn`bərə), city (1991 pop. 276,162), capital of Australia, in the Australian Capital Territory, SE Australia. The Canberra urban agglomeration includes a small area in New South Wales. The federal government is the largest employer in Canberra; there are also printing and service industries. -- The detention of hundreds of child asylum seekers by the Australian. government was set back by a Family Court ruling which declared the detentions illegal. The Family Court based its decision the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child to protect minors

Civil rights and child welfare child welfare, services provided for the care of disadvantaged children. Foundling institutions for orphans and abandoned children were the earliest attempts at child care, usually under religious auspices. At first the goal was to provide minimum physical subsistence, but services have been expanded to include social and psychological help. In the late 18th cent. groups have called for the immediate release of children in the detention centres. The government intends to appeal the Family Court's ruling.
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Date:Jul 14, 2003
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