Sadness and fear: what the drawings by children in detention showed us
We spent a week on Christmas Island as medical consultants – we were shocked by the pervasive sadness, the despair in children and in adults, and the lack of dignity offered to detainees
The recent announcement that most Australian detention centres will close and all asylum seekers will be transferred offshore to Nauru and Manus Island confirms the fears of children currently detained on Christmas Island.
