"given new homes"

"Culturally appropriate" ones no doubt, where the indoctrination will continue unabated.

Are they orphans? Why is that word never mentioned? Or are their parents still fighting?

Foxy - Quote "most children who suffer abuse do not become
criminals." I would say that is a statement you can not provide a credible source for.

Quote "It seems to me as if the government does have
matters well in hand." That is what Dudd had in his head when he opened the floodgates to tens of thousands of economic invaders.

Also your link is good and I commend the individual but that is 1 example in hundreds of thousands of child soldiers worldwide over the last few years alone.

At this stage in time you have not convinced me of even one positive outcome for this decision.

Dear Philip S.,

Children can't be held responsible for decisions
that their parents make/made.
In the matter of these children being allowed back
into the country or not - this is a matter for our
government and I'm sure that ASIO and other security
organisations will decide appropriately as to who
they can let in or not.

As for evidence being provided regarding the backgrounds
of children who become perpertrators of heinous crimes -
fortunately there is enough evidence historically that
show that criminals do come from a wide variety of
backgrounds - take the Menendez brothers who came
from a privileged background of parents who were devoted,
stable and responsible. Yet they murdered their parents.
And this is only one example that I can mention. On the
other side of the coin I cited the link of the child-
soldier who went from child soldier to lawyer and is
today contributing to this country. Sure it may be just
an example as you say - but it does prove the point that
change is possible.

I have no intention of trying to convince you to anything.
That is not my goal. I am not a psychologist and this is
merely an opinion forum. I am expressing an opinion.
Not searching for your acceptance of it.

' "Culturally appropriate" ones no doubt, '

yes shockaholic like Indigeneous girls taken from loving white homes to be raped by uncles etc.

Foxy as usual you take the optimistic view.
Not that there is anything wrong with that but maybe in this case
you have not watched the decapitating classes where 6 or 7 year olds are taught to decapitate prisoners.
Also children that age are used to shoot kneeling prisoners in the
back of the head. Not just one or two but a row of 10 or 20 prisoners.
There are always Warning Graphic Images.
They show the kids how to stand so that they do not get spurts of blood on themselves.
How to hold the knife and how to saw across which part of the neck.
All very educational if you want to be an Arab slaughterman.

That is just a word picture for you but I can assure you watching
the eyes of the prisoner as the little boy saws away at his kneck is something else !

I think that children who have grown from say 7 to 15 with that as
normal behaviour are probably lost forever.

Dear Bazz,

You paint a horrific picture. And who knows what
effect all this would have on children. The child
soldier that I mentioned in the previous link also
experienced many horrors that no child's eyes
should have seen and not child should have been
forced to experience. It turned him into fighting for
and helping other refugees in Sydney.

I can only trust that the psychologists and ASIO
professionals will be able to assess each child
and family correctly. As Mr Keenan has said -
each child who returns will be individually
case-managed. We can only trust that this approach
will be successful.