Australia caves in to demands from teenagers

The Australian government has given in to demands from nine asylum seeking teenagers who threatened to commit suicide by throwing themselves on razor wire.

Australia caves in to demands from teenagers

The Australian government has given in to demands from nine asylum seeking teenagers who threatened to commit suicide by throwing themselves on razor wire.

The five Afghan and four Iraqi youngsters, aged 16 and 17, had said they would end their lives unless they were removed from the detention centre in Woomera .

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