Yes, the US border policy is harsh – but Australia's treatment of refugee children has also been deplorable
- Written by Deborah Zion, Associate Professor and Chair, Victoria University Human Research Ethics Committee, Victoria University
Villawood Detention Centre, NSW. There are currently 200 asylum seeker children in detention, in Australia and offshore.Australian Human Rights Commission
US President Donald Trump’s policy of separating children from their families at the Mexican border has sparked outrage in recent months, both in the US and abroad. It became so heated that...