'You say you are saving our lives, but you are killing us': Young asylum seeker's plea to Malcolm Turnbull

By Nicole Hasham
Updated February 5 2016 - 2:08am, first published February 4 2016 - 5:26pm
"My dad, me and my mum behind the fence at Nauru." Boy, 6 years. Drawings from young asylum seekers in 'The health and well-being of children in immigration detention' report. Photo: Australian Human Rights Commission
"My dad, me and my mum behind the fence at Nauru." Boy, 6 years. Drawings from young asylum seekers in 'The health and well-being of children in immigration detention' report. Photo: Australian Human Rights Commission
"That is Nauru. All the people sad. We have in Nauru tents and we don't have any houses. The fan is broken and it's hot. We don't do anything." That is "me dead. I died". Photo: Australian Human Rights Commission report
"That is Nauru. All the people sad. We have in Nauru tents and we don't have any houses. The fan is broken and it's hot. We don't do anything." That is "me dead. I died". Photo: Australian Human Rights Commission report
"Nauru. The Fence and the locks." Girl, 7 years. Drawings in the health and well-being  Photo: Australian Human Rights Commission
"Nauru. The Fence and the locks." Girl, 7 years. Drawings in the health and well-being Photo: Australian Human Rights Commission

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