SUICIDAL TEEN FORCED BACK TO NAURU
An Iranian refugee and her 17-year-old son, at risk of suicide, have been forcibly returned to Nauru against psychiatric advice.
An Iranian refugee and her 17-year-old son, at risk of suicide, have been forcibly returned to Nauru against psychiatric advice.
The Guardian reports that Fatemah and her son, known by the
alias “Hamid”, had been in Taiwan for two months, after Hamid’s suicidal
ideation resulted in them being transferred from the Australian-run camp on
Nauru. Despite psychiatric reports saying Hamid’s mental illness was caused and
exacerbated by his five years in detention, and experts warning against his
return, Australian Border Force officials took the pair from their Taipei
accommodation, removed their phones, placed them in two separate vans with four
guards each, and chartered them back to Nauru.
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