Detained children's mental health problems covered up, inquiry told - by Oliver Laughland for the guardian

31 July 2014


Reports to the Inquiry into Children in Detention continue to show serious rates of mental and physical health issues in asylum seekers.

Doctors who worked on Christmas Island also recounted shocking details of medical neglect, including stripping asylum seekers of basic medication when they arrived.

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