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Australia offers $17m payout to jailed Indonesian kids

2023-10-05 16:24
Over 120 children - some as young as 12 - were detained and accused of people smuggling.
Australia offers $17m payout to jailed Indonesian kids

More than 120 Indonesians who say Australia wrongly jailed them as adults - when in fact they were children - have settled a major class action suit.

The government has agreed to pay over A$27m (£14m,$17m) to the victims, who were jailed and, in some cases, prosecuted as people smugglers.