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For example, interviews and assessments conducted by the Commission in November 2015 with
children and families who had been subject to third country processing in Nauru revealed high levels
of trauma and developmental risk amongst these children. See Elizabeth Elliott and Hasantha
Gunasekera, The health and well-being of children in immigration detention: Report to the Australian
Human Rights Commission – Monitoring Visit to Wickham Point Detention Centre, Darwin, NT
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