Australia repeals medical transfer law for asylum seekers
2019-12-04 09:36:05 source：BBC
December 4, 2019
Australia has controversially repealed a law which allowed sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country.
The government's push to scrap the "medevac" law - passed by opposition MPs in February - has drawn criticism as cruel and inhumane.
But Prime Minister Scott Morrison argued the law had presented a "national security" risk.
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