Australia to send child asylum seekers to Malaysia

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Outcry over plan to send unaccompanied children among 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia under a refugee swap deal Tenaganita (Women’s Force) executive director Irene Fernandez protests outside the Australia embassy in Kuala Lumpur over the plan. Photograph: Kamarul Akhir/AFP/Getty Images Australia has come under fire from the UN children’s aid agency and human rights advocates over its plan to send unaccompanied child asylum seekers to Malaysia under a refugee swap deal being negotiated with the country….

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Australia to send child asylum seekers to Malaysia

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