Immigration Department confirms it is being investigated by sex abuse royal commission

By Sarah Whyte Immigration Correspondent
Updated May 25 2015 - 5:23pm, first published 4:59pm
Mike Pezzullo secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection at Senate estimates on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mike Pezzullo secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection at Senate estimates on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mike Pezzullo secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection at Senate estimates on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mike Pezzullo secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection at Senate estimates on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mike Pezzullo secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection at Senate estimates on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mike Pezzullo secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection at Senate estimates on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mike Pezzullo secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection at Senate estimates on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mike Pezzullo secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection at Senate estimates on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares

The head of the Immigration Department has confirmed the royal commission into child sex abuse is investigating the department over children being abused in Australian immigration detention centres.

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