Chilout press release - Boy attempts suicide in detention
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 03/11/2012 - 8:59am 2 November 2012
Boy attempts suicide in detention
Yesterday yet another young asylum seeker attempted suicide at Darwin Airport Lodge, as did a child, two weeks ago. Suicide attempts and self-harm are rife in Australia’s detention facilities as people grow anxious about being sent to Nauru and Manus Island.
Detention facilities are bursting at the seams with families, children and heavily pregnant mothers flown in from Christmas Island. The situation is a tinderbox.