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Children in detention

See below for research and reports relating to the detention of children.

Human Rights Watch releases new report on appalling detention centres in Greece

Monday, October 17th, 2011

BID UK research finds unnecessary child detention

Monday, May 30th, 2011

WRC: New Report: Migrant Women & Children At Risk: In Custody in Arizona

Monday, October 25th, 2010

Greece: Preliminary findings from Special Rapporteur on Torture, October 2010

Monday, October 25th, 2010

Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project: Media Release: Community housing for asylum seekers- a marriage of common sense & compassion

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

EU: Discussion paper: Alternatives for detention for families with minor children – The Belgian approach

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Belgium: Le Soir: “Des mineurs detenus malgre les promesses” (French only)

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Egypt: EFRR: One year old refugee child dies inside an Egyptian Prison

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Italy: AI: Report: Invisible children- The human rights of migrant & asylum-seeking minors

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

USA: Report: Unaccompanied Alien Children:Policies and Issues

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

USA: LIRS: Locking Up Family Values- The Detention of Immigrant Families

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

IDC Global Detention Survey Findings

Monday, June 1st, 2009

IDC Position on Children in Immigration Detention

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Australia: Journal of Public Health: Psychiatric assessment of children and families in migration detention

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Bail for Immigration Detainees (BIDUK): Briefing papers

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Jesuit Refugee Service Europe: Interview: JRS Representative on BBC regarding child detention and alternatives to detention for families

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

UK: Row on asylum children detention

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

UK: Children’s welfare top priority says Immigration minister

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Australia: Refugee policy attacked

Friday, March 13th, 2009

UK: Bid to stop detention of children

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

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- Asia Pacific: Successful Immigration Detention Workshop held in Malaysia
  The IDC, together with the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) ran the Asia Pacific Regional Immigration Detention Working Group (IDWG) Workshop in Kuala Lumpur in late November, with approximately 50 participants from 18 countries.
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  Sixty participants from 17 countries across a broad spectrum of the western hemisphere tackled immigration detention in the first IDC regional workshop in the Americas held in Mexico City last week.
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