Australia restricts medical transfer of refugees from Pacific camps
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Wednesday removed the right of doctors to order sick asylum seekers be evacuated from two remote Pacific detention centres for medical treatment, a repeal that opponents said risks the lives of refugees. Under Australia’s controversial immigration policy, asylum seekers intercepted at sea are sent to camps in Papua New Guinea and […]
SIGHT-SEEING: A LAMENT
BEV HOLMES-BROWN laments Australia’s policy of offshore processing for those seeking asylum…
Australian church bodies say they “bear witness” to the “suffering” caused by offshore refugee program
The National Council of Churches in Australia, Act for Peace and the Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce have joined in issuing a statement in which they “bear witness” to the suffering that Australia’s offshore refugee processing policy has caused. The statement comes as authorities in Papua New Guinea say they have removed the last of the […]