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The author discusses the ramifications of the recent report: A last resort?: the report of the national inquiry into children in immigration detention. The report provides a moral dilemma for governments as it presents damning evidence that the health of these children is being jeopardised, families are being broken up and the long term sequelae of such actions is not being considered. (non- author abstract)
Linda Shields (2005) studied this question.