Children to be sent alone to Nauru

By Phillip Coorey
Updated September 12 2012 - 9:08am, first published 8:20am
Hard line ... asylum seekers arriving at Christmas Island on Monday. The Immigration Minister said exemptions for women or children would be exploited by smugglers.
Hard line ... asylum seekers arriving at Christmas Island on Monday. The Immigration Minister said exemptions for women or children would be exploited by smugglers.

WOMEN and children, including unaccompanied minors, will be among those sent to Nauru and Manus Island for processing under a hardline approach aimed at sending a message to people smugglers that there will be no exemptions.

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