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Victorian principal risks jail by speaking out about asylum seeker students at his school

The high school students are among 267 asylum seekers who came to Australia for medical treatment with their families, and could be returned to immigration detention in Nauru within days.

It follows a High Court ruling last week that Australia's offshore processing of asylum seekers was lawful.

Mr Dingle is responsible for the students when they attend the multicultural school, and said it wasone of the few places where they feel like normal kids.

They wear the school blazer and tie, play basketball at lunch and chat with their friends in the library. Many of their classmates are unaware of their uncertain future, or the fact that they live in detention. "They are very hardworking, young people and really keen to take advantage of what is offered," he said.

Staff are distressed about the students' future, and the prospect that they may not turn up to school one day soon.

There is growing pressure on the Turnbull government to let the group of asylum seekersremain in Australia. A Department of Immigration spokeswoman said that 48 children of school age were subject to return to Nauru.

It is about time that we showed a bit of compassion for these young people.

Glenroy College principal Paul Dingle

Premier Daniel Andrews has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to let the group settle in Victoria, and said the state would accept full responsibility for their education, fashion cheap hermes handbags health, housing and welfare services.

Premier Daniel Andrews takes asylum seekers to Melbourne Zoo, calls on Federal Government to let them stay imitiaton hermes bag in Australia. Photo: Facebook

Every other Australian state premier has echoed his calls.

Churches and refugee advocates are running a high profile campaign, and it is understood that other principals are also considering speakingout.

Mr Dingle chooses his words carefully. He could run foul of the Border Force Act, which threatens imprisonment for "entrusted persons" who disclose information about detention centres.

He is not able to say how old the students are, their nationalities or go into great detail about their situation.

"I'm concerned by any push back but it is something that needs to be talked about. We need to recognise how well off we are," he said.

Mr Dingle's school has accommodated asylum seekers living in the nearby Broadmeadows detention centre for two years. He initially thought he would have to closely monitor the students to ensure they didn't run away. "But then I discovered they had no desire to escape. They are happy to be in school, and in the playground with their friends."

Australian Education Union Victorian branch president Meredith Peace fake hermes bag said the asylum seekers should not be condemned to a "life in limbo" on Nauru.

"Kids who are seeking refuge have often come from countries in conflict where their education has already been disrupted. They are in Victorian schools getting access to high quality education in a stable environment."

Removing the children would be extremely traumatic and disruptive to their education, she said.

Lucy Honan, a spokesperson for Teachers for Refugees, a group which started in Victoria in December, said Australian schools provided asylum seekers with " a deep source of safety".

"It signifies their connection to the community, with their peers," the St Albans Secondary College teacher said.

"The moment you're taking your kid out of education you are ruining a lot of relationships, and denying thatchild a future."

She said asylum seeker students were pulled out ofschool photos andno matter how hard theystudied in the VCE, were unableto access Australian universities.

The Age revealed last month that school aged asylum seekers on Nauru were missing out on an education, because classes replica hermes handbags outlet are taught in the Nauruan language and bullying is rife. There have also been allegations of sexual harassment and abuse.

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