Drawings by child detainees gives a chilling insight into the suffering being inflicted upon them in Australia's name
An alarming aspect of the pictures drawn by children detained on Christmas Island, and revealed by the Human Rights Commission's national investigation into their plight, is what is blanked out – the children’s boat IDs. In every detention facility I have visited, children sign their artworks with this ID; they respond to this ID; they know each other’s ID numbers. The institutionalisation of these children is all-pervasive and will take a very long time to recover from if they are ever released into society.
Pictures of misery: what children draw in detention on Christmas Island
Drawings by child detainees gives a chilling insight into the suffering being inflicted upon them in Australia's name A dr...