That’s some catch, that Catch-22:
NT Legal Aid’s Susan Cox, QC, said the commission was concerned that unaccompanied asylum seeker children were also not being provided with independent legal advice. NT Legal Aid had been blocked by the immigration department from gaining access to three unaccompanied minors in Darwin, she said.
The department replied that the minister for immigration was the guardian of unaccompanied asylum seeker children, so it was up to the department to appoint legal representatives.
The children can’t get a lawyer to look after their interests being ignored by the Department because the Department is the only entity that it will permit to arrange for them to have lawyers.
Check and mate, abused children.
Moved On 
Gee they really showed ’em. This is what they get for being vulnerable children with no say in their own destiny. BAM.
Wait, if the immigration minister becomes their legal guardian by default, does that mean they would then fall under the jurisdiction of D.O.C.S.? Could D.O.C.S. remove the children from the immigration minister’s “care” if they deemed it necessary?
Wouldn’t that be embarrassing for the government!
I think that thrusting DOCS upon them (the children) would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.