Aussie child refugee detentions illegal. (Child & Family).CANBERRA -- The detention of hundreds of child asylum seekers asylum seeker asylum n → demandeur/euse d'asile 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 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, often referred to as CRC or UNCRC, is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. to protect minors Civil rights and child welfare groups have called for the immediate release of children in the detention centres detention centre Noun a place where young people may be detained for short periods of time by order of a court Noun 1. detention centre . The government intends to appeal the Family Court's ruling. |
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