Who's 'locked up longer than Leong'
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Nauru kids 'locked up longer than Leong'
Some children in a key detention centre have been locked up longer than Naomi Leong, former Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett says.
Senator Bartlett has just returned from the immigration detention centre on Nauru, where he said he spoke to all detainees individually and as a group.
He was commenting after the refugee advocacy group Chill Out said it believed there were 68 children in immigration detention centres around Australia and the region.
Naomi Leong, 3, was born in Sydney's Villawood detention centre on May 5, 2002, after her Malaysian mother Virginia was locked up after allegedly being caught with a false passport when she was two months pregnant.
They were released this week under bridging visas.
Their plight became public through leading psychiatrist Dr Michael Dudley who noticed Naomi exhibited disturbing behaviours including banging her head against the wall.
Senator Bartlett told ABC radio, there were six children aged two to 15 from two Afghani families in detention on Nauru.
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Nauru kids 'locked up longer than Leong'
Some children in a key detention centre have been locked up longer than Naomi Leong, former Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett says.
Senator Bartlett has just returned from the immigration detention centre on Nauru, where he said he spoke to all detainees individually and as a group.
He was commenting after the refugee advocacy group Chill Out said it believed there were 68 children in immigration detention centres around Australia and the region.
Naomi Leong, 3, was born in Sydney's Villawood detention centre on May 5, 2002, after her Malaysian mother Virginia was locked up after allegedly being caught with a false passport when she was two months pregnant.
They were released this week under bridging visas.
Their plight became public through leading psychiatrist Dr Michael Dudley who noticed Naomi exhibited disturbing behaviours including banging her head against the wall.
Senator Bartlett told ABC radio, there were six children aged two to 15 from two Afghani families in detention on Nauru.
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