$100,000 because they were 'mistreated in detention'

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    By ANDREW PRENTICE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
    PUBLISHED: 13:06 AEDT, 12 December 2018 | UPDATED: 16:22 AEDT, 12 December 2018

    A refugee family has been awarded $100,000 of taxpayers money after a court ruled they were mistreated in detention.

    The asylum seeker family, who fled their native Iran in 2010 claiming to be in fear for their lives, sued the Commonwealth over mistreatment they suffered while living in a number of Australian detention facilities.
    Last week the New South Wales Supreme Court officially approved payments to two siblings now aged 16 and 11, with one amount confidential.

    Their mother was given an additional $50,000.

    Court documents heard the payments followed 'traumatic experiences they suffered and witnessed in detention centres operated by the Commonwealth', SBS News reported.

    After their boat was intercepted by an Australian Border Protection vessel, the family lived on a Christmas Island detention centre.

    Next they were moved to the Asti Motel in the Northern Territory and finally the Inverbrackie Detention Centre in South Australia.

    The family felt the Commonwealth 'breached its duty of care' by 'failing to provide adequate medical assessments as well as care and treatment.'

    They also claimed they were 'exposed to numerous psychiatric triggers while in detention', notably detainees engaging in self-harm and suicide attempts.'

    Lawyer Michael Inger said in all three detention facilities the common theme was 'an alleged failure to provide adequate treatment.'

    'If they had access to extra medical attention, the outcome would have been a lot better from a psychological position,' he said.
    Daily Mail Australia understands the family have no plans to leave the country.
 
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