The Australian government has discovered that an additional 220 Indonesian children may have been wrongfully detained under the assumption they were adult people smugglers, thereby doubling the initial estimates. This follows a federal court ruling that mandated $27.5 million in compensation for the initially identified group of 220, who were misclassified due to unreliable wrist X-ray assessments. The children, some as young as 12, were held in adult jails contrary to government policy. Recent investigations brought to light serious flaws in the age-determining methods and the alteration of legal documents to facilitate their prosecution as adults.
The Australian government has revealed a further 220 Indonesian children may have been wrongly detained as adult people smugglers, doubling the number initially thought.
A Guardian Australia investigation indicated the AFP's reliance on wrist X-ray age determinations, despite awareness of the technique's unreliability, contributed to this situation.
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