❓ WA Parliamentary Question reveals a significant drop in asylum seeker children attending public schools after the cessation of a State-Commonwealth MOU in 2010. The Commonwealth now relies on non-government schools to provide adequate access to education for these children.
AnsweredQoN 2940Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the Federal Government’s Community Detention Program which allows asylum seekers to live in the community while seeking to resolve their immigration status and ask: (a) how many children under community detention are currently attending Western Australian public schools; (b) how many public schools have one or more students who are under community detention; and (c) for each of the following school years, how many students under community detention were enrolled in a Western Australian Public School: (i) 2011; (ii) 2012; (iii) 2013; and (iv) 2014 to 30 August?
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Answered
21 October 2014
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education
Response time
34 days
(a) 0
(b) 0
(c)(i) 30
(ii) 1
(iii) 0
(iv) 0
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State Government and the Commonwealth for the provision of an education program for children of asylum seekers in public schools ceased in December 2010.
In August 2014, the State Government was informed by the Commonwealth that it would not seek a further MOU for the provision of education in public schools for asylum-seeker children living in the community on either bridging visas or in community detention. The Commonwealth Government considers that existing arrangements in non-government schools are currently providing adequate access.
(b) 0
(c)(i) 30
(ii) 1
(iii) 0
(iv) 0
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State Government and the Commonwealth for the provision of an education program for children of asylum seekers in public schools ceased in December 2010.
In August 2014, the State Government was informed by the Commonwealth that it would not seek a further MOU for the provision of education in public schools for asylum-seeker children living in the community on either bridging visas or in community detention. The Commonwealth Government considers that existing arrangements in non-government schools are currently providing adequate access.
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