No Children in Detention

Letter to the Editor - Courier Mail
25 August 2009

Paul Syvret’s statement that children are ‘still detained behind razor wire’ is wrong (Viewpoint, Aug 25). No children have been in immigration detention centres since mid-2005 and there is no razor wire at any immigration detention facility except for stage one at Villawood, which is used to accommodate higher-risk people in detention. Razor wire will be completely removed from stage one as part of Villawood’s current redevelopment.

Sandi Logan
National Communications Manager,
Department of Immigration and Citizenship

25 August 2009