Australia caves in after refugee suicide pact

The Australian government has given in to demands from nine teenage refugees who had threatened suicide unless they were removed from a detention centre in the middle of the hot, dry, Australian bush.

Australia caves in after refugee suicide pact

The Australian government has given in to demands from nine teenage refugees who had threatened suicide unless they were removed from a detention centre in the middle of the hot, dry, Australian bush.

The five Afghans and four Iraqis, aged 16 and 17, said they would kill themselves unless they were taken from the Woomera centre and placed in adequate accommodation.

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