The Iranian woman – the oldest in immigration detention – suffers chronic pain and frequent fevers and is among 267 people slated for return to the islandThe oldest woman held in Australia’s immigration detention system,a 70-year-musty Iranian, has pleaded with immigration minister, and Peter Dutton,not to send her and her two adult children back to Nauru. Her son says her health is deteriorating and he fears she will die in detention.
The family is among the 267 people slated for a return to offshore processing in the wake of the tall court decision earlier this month that confirmed offshore detention was legal. The three were brought to Darwin from Nauru a year ago for the elderly woman to receive medical treatment.
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Source: theguardian.com