Accused Child People Smugglers to Get $27.5 Million Compensation

He was sentenced in 2010 to five years’ prison, to be served in a maximum security prison in Western Australia, despite being 13 at the time of his arrest.

A man holds up a young girl as they arrive with other migrants on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to Skala Sikaminias village on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Greece is the main entry point for those fleeing violence at home and seeking a better life in the European Union. More than 500,000 people have arrived so far this year on Greece's eastern islands, paying smugglers to ferry them across from nearby Turkey. AP Photo/Santi Palacios

A group of people who were detained as children and accused of people smuggling will receive more than A$27 million (US$18.35 million) compensation from the Commonwealth.

The Federal Court has signed off on a settlement between the Commonwealth and a group led by Indonesian man Ali Yasmin, who himself will receive A$40,000 (US$27,178) from the agreed sum.