"A ripple effect of suffering": Children and young people's experiences of parental immigration detention and deportation

Abstract

This report highlights the harm children and young people experience when a parent or caregiver is detained or deported. While immigration detention and deportation are hotly contested topics in Australian politics, children and young people seldom get the chance to share their stories or contribute to policy discussions. This report draws on 104 in-depth interviews, as well as 105 online survey responses, to tell the stories of children and young people growing up in the shadow of Australia's immigration detention and deportation systems. This report centres children and young people’s words and drawings, allowing their voices to be heard for the first time.