Children in immigration detention 'should be held no more than three days'

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists says detention of children should only be used as a ‘last resort’ and for ‘the shortest possible’ timeChildren in immigration detention should be held for no longer than three days, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has said in a new position statement.In the wake of the Australian Human Rights Commission report into children in detention, the peak professional body for psychiatrists said it “opposes