in a room with blacked-out windows, and separated from other detainees, guards moved her into the family unit at MITA, which has lower security and a more homely environment. It's understood she continues to be under constant guard.Loadinghas spoken to neighbours and Alice's husband David, who say her case highlights the failings in Victoria's mental health system, and the incapacity of the immigration detention network to manage people with chronic mental illnesses.
While the deterioration of people's mental health in sustained detention is well documented, less is known about the plight of people who are detained when they are already very unwell. Lawyers are fighting the imminent deportation of the man, who medical specialists say will not survive a return to Nepal., says the 39-year-old man will need long-term psychiatric care and treatment because his condition - diagnosed as chronic schizophrenia - is so disabling.
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre principal lawyer Carolyn Graydon said the man was in a life-threatening situation. He is socially isolated, and when not in inpatient treatment he was very poorly nourished and did not eat.
Sounds like they will fit in great with the meth addicts and homeless in Melbourne, Perhaps they could have some government housing in Berwick
What should we do Sir Humphrey? Well Minister, in circumstances such as these we usually recommend a thorough inquiry. Better still, a RC. By the time it’s complete, the public will have forgotten all about why it started. Works every time, Minister... businessasusual
. Send her back. Stop wasting money etc on her and other non Australians.