Documents released under freedom of information show immigration department requested damning data on adults and children be removed
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Damning mental health data on asylum seekers was withdrawn from reporting at the request of the immigration department, newly released documents reveal.
In July 2014 Dr Peter Young, then the medical director for mental health at International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), told the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) the immigration department “reacted with alarm” to a set of data that showed significant deterioration in the mental health of children in detention.
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