16 Mar 2021

501 advocate on deported teen

From Morning Report, 7:55 am on 16 March 2021

The Australian Government has made history, with the first deportation of a minor to New Zealand.

News that a 15-year-old boy is in managed isolation after being deported has added to the outpouring of fury sparked late last week when the Australian Home Affairs minister, Peter Dutton, described a group of New Zealand deportees as "trash."

Filipa Payne is the organizer of Route 501, an advocacy group for returnees.

She spoke to Susie Ferguson.

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