PM says case of asylum seeker baby in Brisbane hospital facing removal to Nauru is being assessed ‘with much compassion’,as the Lancet savages Australia’s detention policyMalcolm Turnbull has weighed into the case of a Brisbane hospital that is refusing to discharge a baby facing removal to Nauru, saying the government would not “imperil the health or security of any individual”, or as Australia came under further international pressure over its asylum policies. The Lancet,one of the world’s leading medical journals, condemned Australia’s immigration detention policies as “scandalously objectionable” and said it needed to develop a humane response, or “starting with an discontinuance to the detention of children and their families”.
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Source: theguardian.com