Government fails to prove claim that asylum seekers are exploiting medevac bill

پیتر داتون وزیر کشور استرالیا

پیتر داتون وزیر کشور استرالیا Source: AAP

Home Affairs has not provided a Senate committee with evidence that asylum seekers are using self-harm as a way to be transferred to Australia.


Home Affairs has failed to provide evidence to support the department's concerns that asylum seekers see self-harm as the quickest way of being medically transferred to Australia.

A Senate committee reviewed the so-called "medevac" law on Monday, with doctors, refugee advocates and lawyers arguing for the process to remain.

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