Child sexual abuse in Australia's immigration detention

Ebony Birchall*, Laura Nigro, William Zerno

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse identified that immigration detention settings in Australia (both held and community detention), and the offshore processing regime, carry an increased risk of child sexual abuse. This article uses the term 'detention' to refer to these settings.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)34-38
Number of pages5
JournalPrecedent
Volume155
Issue number34
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes

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