http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/4776/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/08/07/refugee-left-in-limbo-attempts-suicide-in-mita <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> A Kurdish refugee in his mid-30s attempted suicide at approximately<br /> 6.00am at the Melbourne Immigration Transit accomofdation centre. He<br /> was unsuccessful as he was stopped by his friends and SERCO guards.<br /> Fearing for his mental health, SERCO and police officers sent him to<br /> a hospital at approximately 6.30am.</p> <p>This attempted suicide is the result of SERCO and immigration<br /> detention policies leaving him in limbo. He has been in detention for<br /> 14 months and was given refugee status after 7 months.</p> <p>He remains detained after Serco branded him a "person of interest". </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/victoria/melbourne">Melbourne</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/rac">RAC</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/mandatory-detenion">Mandatory Detenion</a></div></div></div> Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:30:38 +0000 Anonymous 6698 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal