Accused Child People Smugglers to Get $27.5 Million Compensation

A group of people who were detained as children and accused of people smuggling will receive more than A$27 million (US$18.35 million) compensation from the Commonwealth. The Federal Court has signed off on a settlement between the Commonwealth and a group led by Indonesian man Ali Yasmin, who himself will receive A$40,000 (US$27,178) from the agreed sum. Mr. Yasmin led the claim on behalf of himself and other Indonesian children who alleged they arrived in Australia unaccompanied over six years between 2007 and 2013. He was sentenced in 2010 to five years’ prison, to be served in a maximum security prison in Western Australia, despite being 13 at the time of his arrest....