Asylum seeker mothers attempting suicide

By Sarah Whyte
Updated July 9 2014 - 5:13am, first published 4:15am

A wave of attempted suicides has swept Christmas Island as 12 mothers tried to kill themselves in the belief their then-orphaned children would have to be settled in Australia.

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