Our team at the University of Sydney has been working with the Australian Human Rights Commission to understand how children and young people are impacted when a parent is detained or deported.
Our new report, ‘A Ripple Effect of Suffering’, tells the stories of children and young people growing up in the shadow of Australia’s immigration detention and deportation systems.
While 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 centres children and young people’s words and drawings, allowing their voices to be heard for the first time.
The report is available below via the Australian Human Rights Commission website. The page also links to an easy read copy of the report, which has been created to help make the findings more accessible.
You can also read our short media article ‘Food Poverty, Stress and Housing Insecurity: What Happens When Your Parent is Detained or Deported’.
Or watch the below video, which includes drawings and quotes from some of the children and young people we interviewed.
Dr Michelle Peterie shares key findings from the research
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This research was undertaken with support from an advisory board of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience of immigration detention or deportation. Members included Prof Alex Broom, Claudia Farry, Tony Hudson (Ngāi Te Rangi), Prof Jay Marlowe, Maree Matthews, John Ropiha (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa), Sanmati Verma, and Shane White (Tainui). We thank them for their integral contributions to this project.
The study is funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA Fellowship. The ARC an independent body that funds research in Australia. The ARC’s purpose is to "grow knowledge and innovation for the benefit of the Australian community through funding the highest quality research, assessing the quality, engagement and impact of research, and providing advice on research matters".
Additional funding has been provided by The University of Sydney, through the Robinson Fellowship scheme.
Both grants are held by Dr Michelle Peterie.
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