❓ Ms Warnock questions the Minister for Family and Children's Services regarding the welfare and protection of unaccompanied minors under the Safe Haven scheme and those held in detention. The Minister's response indicates limited direct involvement and lack of awareness of a relevant protocol.
AnsweredQoN 602Legislative Assembly
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602. Ms WARNOCK to the Minister for Family and Childrens Services:
(1) What steps have been taken by the Department of Family and Childrens Services to ensure that suitably aware, skilled and linguistically appropriate persons are appointed guardians to unaccompanied minors resident in Western Australia under the Safe Haven scheme of the Temporary Protection Visa Programme?
(2) What steps have been taken by the Ministers Department to ensure proper and adequate access to unaccompanied minors held in detention by the Federal Government prior to being granted a Temporary Protection Visa?
(3) In view of the protocol agreed to by the Federal and State Governments in relation to young people at risk, what steps have been taken by the Ministers Department to protect young asylum seekers under indefinite detention?
(1) What steps have been taken by the Department of Family and Childrens Services to ensure that suitably aware, skilled and linguistically appropriate persons are appointed guardians to unaccompanied minors resident in Western Australia under the Safe Haven scheme of the Temporary Protection Visa Programme?
(2) What steps have been taken by the Ministers Department to ensure proper and adequate access to unaccompanied minors held in detention by the Federal Government prior to being granted a Temporary Protection Visa?
(3) In view of the protocol agreed to by the Federal and State Governments in relation to young people at risk, what steps have been taken by the Ministers Department to protect young asylum seekers under indefinite detention?
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Answered
17 October 2000
Response time
42 days
The Minister Replied:
(1) Family and Children's Services staff who have refugee minors on their caseloads have a range of backgrounds and experience. Staff receive ongoing supervision, support and training to assist them in providing effective and appropriate services to refugee minors.
(2) The Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is responsible for the care of all refugees including refugee minors until their refugee status is determined and they are released from detention centres.
(3) Family and Children's Services is not aware of the protocol referred to in the question.
(1) Family and Children's Services staff who have refugee minors on their caseloads have a range of backgrounds and experience. Staff receive ongoing supervision, support and training to assist them in providing effective and appropriate services to refugee minors.
(2) The Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is responsible for the care of all refugees including refugee minors until their refugee status is determined and they are released from detention centres.
(3) Family and Children's Services is not aware of the protocol referred to in the question.
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