"I can subsequently confirm that there are still two unaccompanied minors on Manus, who were transferred there by the previous government.
Children who are registered as unaccompanied minors upon arrival in Italy are also vulnerable to exploitation.
Paul Farrell: So you're saying there will never be any unaccompanied minors transferred to Manus Island?
Morrison, who was questioned three times during the Friday conference about the two unaccompanied minors, issued a range of contradictory responses.
Today, his son and daughter do not leave the garden unaccompanied.
Unaccompanied children hurry excitedly back from the shoreline where they have been rockpooling or shrimping, with buckets full of shells and crabs.
As you are under 18, you'll need to carry a letter of permission from your parents or guardians, or a completed Unaccompanied Minors form (available when you book your tickets) if you start your trip on Eurostar.
Smacking, especially when unaccompanied by any other means of discipline, is unlikely to result in well-developed abilities to make those judgments.
But even if this year's final tally turns out to be half as many, that would still mean tens of thousands of unaccompanied children making long and dangerous journeys on routes controlled by smugglers with links to drug cartels.
And who could ever forget, once heard, the plangent and eerie high unaccompanied bassoon solo with which the piece opens?
The border patrol's latest figures for the fiscal year to date show 5,465 unaccompanied minors from Guatemala, a country of only 15 million people whose western border is 1,200 miles from Texas by land.
