Sending letters to kids in detention - Behind the News

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Channel: Behind the News · 2015 · Education

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About 200 kids are currently being held by the Australian Government in immigration detention centres. Some are held in Australia, others on an island a long way from here called Nauru. We hear from a class in Victoria that decided to write letters to the kids at Nauru in the hope that it would make them feel less isolated.

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