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| Subject: OZschwitz gulag: Asylum seekers kept in detention with violent criminals Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:13 pm | |
| Almost 450 killers, rapists, violent offenders and other serious criminals are being held in Australian detention centres, triggering concern that vulnerable asylum seekers are being forced to mix with felons and thugs.
The alarming figures have prompted refugee advocates to call for such detainees, few of whom are thought to be asylum seekers, to be separated to prevent danger to other detainees.
Immigration figures released to a Senate inquiry late on Tuesday showed on April 30 this year there were 448 people in immigration detention centres who had been convicted of a criminal offence.
They included four convicted of homicide or related offences, 70 convicted of sexual assault and 165 convicted of assault or similar offences.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/asylum-seekers-kept-in-detention-with-violent-criminals-20150714-gic3ps.html#ixzz3fvEv8MZK |
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