The Wire

In the wake of hunger strikes in the Nauru detention centre, new evidence has emerged about children attempting to commit suicide in Darwin’s detention centre. A new report has revealed just how badly detention centres are affecting asylum seekers, especially children and impaired refugees. These children suffer from psychological trauma from their experiences travelling as a refugee, risking their lives in a small but crowded boat. And when they are intercepted, asylum seekers are sent to detention centres, such as the Darwin Airport Lodge.