Police and military on the streets at the height of COVID-19 lockdowns traumatised refugees and asylum seekers who had fled war-torn countries and didn't understand what was happening, an inquiry has been told.
"The restrictions created a massive breakdown in trust. People were not treated the same way in Bondi.
"Information was shared from interstate and overseas so there was a lot of confusion and discrepancy between the rules. When the lockdowns became more inconsistent it was distressing for everyone. It was challenging for us to put messages through." "There was a need to convey trusted information. It created a lot of fear and triggered trauma seeing helicopters overhead, and they didn't know if they'd done something wrong."
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