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The UN refugee agency today issued a new global strategy aimed at helping countries move away from the detention of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless people worldwide.

UNHCR calls for end to detention of asylum-seekers and refugees

The UN refugee agency today issued a new global strategy aimed at helping countries move away from the detention of asylum seekers, refugee...
Some children detained on Christmas Island for up to nine months have had only two weeks of schooling during that time, a public hearing in Sydney has been told.
The Human Rights Commission has begun its public hearings, which will examine the impact of detention on children's mental health, rates of self-harm and how children are being assessed before being sent offshore.

Children in detention centres: Human Rights Commission begins inquiry into children's wellbeing

Some children detained on Christmas Island for up to nine months have had only two weeks of schooling during that time, a public hearing in...

The Australian Human Rights Commission is conducting an inquiry into Australia's practice of placing asylum seeker children in detention. Following a visit to Christmas Island's detention facilities in March, the president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, said Australia was in breach of international law.
"As a matter of very clear international law children should not be detained for anything more than what is absolutely necessary for health checks and security checks," Professor Triggs told ABC News 24.

Children in detention: Is Australia breaching international law?

PHOTO:  Gillian Triggs is correct on the legality of keeping children in detention. (Murray Harris Photography/United States Studies Cent...
In Kom El-Deka, Alexandria, 50 children are tortured in detention in so-called juvenile "care homes", then dispatched to a notoriously harsh juvenile prison in Cairo.

In an urgent statement Sunday, Shehab Center for Human Rights (SCHR) said: "Now, a massacre is underway terrorizing dozens of child political prisoners inside the juvenile confinement building in Kom El-Deka (in the seaport city of Alexandria – Egypt).

Dozens of Children Tortured in Coup Detention Centers and Juvenile Jailhouses in Alexandria

In Kom El-Deka, Alexandria, 50 children are tortured in detention in so-called juvenile "care homes", then dispatched to a notori...
Prominent Syrian opposition figure Burhan Ghalioun affirmed on Sunday that more than 800 Syrian refugees are currently being held in Egyptian prisons.
Ghalioun wrote on his Facebook page: "According to the UN High Commission for Refugees, the number includes 589 women and 84 children. They are being held under administrative detention."

More than 800 Syrian detainees in Egypt, including women and children

Prominent Syrian opposition figure Burhan Ghalioun affirmed on Sunday that more than 800 Syrian refugees are currently being held in Egypti...
Security forces in Bahrain routinely detain children without cause and subject them to ill-treatment that may rise to the level of torture, Human Rights Watch said, based on reports from victims, family members and legal rights activists.

Rights Group: Bahraini Security Forces Detaining Children

Security forces in Bahrain routinely detain children without cause and subject them to ill-treatment that may rise to the level of torture,...
A coalition of human rights’ group specialising on child issues has urged the Malaysian government to stop the arrest and detention of children by the immigration authorities.
In a press statement today, the group, Child Rights Coalition Malaysia (CRCM) also expressed their concern over the large-scale immigration crackdowns which are set to take place next month as announced by the Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi earlier this week.
“Malaysia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Hussein Haniff is demanding the release of Palestinian children in Israel’s detention centres and we commend his efforts.

End the immigration detention of kids

A coalition of human rights’ group specialising on child issues has urged the Malaysian government to stop the arrest and detention of chil...
The detention of children for immigration purposes is continuing to rise, MPs have heard.
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The MPs' report shows child detention continues to rise. Image: The Children's Society
In a highly critical report into the work of the now-abolished UK Border Agency (UKBA), the Home Affairs Committee found that 61 children were detained for immigration purposes during the last quarter of 2012, up from 48 during the previous quarter.

MPs did note that the majority of those detained were for short periods of time – during the third quarter of 2012, 59 children left immigration. Of these, 92 per cent had been held for three days or fewer compared to 87 per cent the previous quarter. 

Detention of child refugees continues to rise

The detention of children for immigration purposes is continuing to rise, MPs have heard. The MPs' report shows child detention cont...
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