Australia's detention regime sets out to make asylum seekers suffer, says chief immigration psychiatrist [TheGuardian.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/5/1412:00 PM

Doctor responsible for mental health of people in detention becomes the most senior figure to condemn system from within, saying immigration department deliberately harms vulnerable detainees in a process akin to torture.

“We have here an environment that is inherently toxic,” Dr Peter Young told Guardian Australia. “It has characteristics which over time reliably cause harm to people’s mental health. We have very clear evidence that that’s the case.”

[For more of this story, written by David Marr and Oliver Laughland, go to http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/-sp-australias-detention-regime-sets-out-to-make-asylum-seekers-suffer-says-chief-immigration-psychiatrist]

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