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Australia Revokes Medical Evacuations for Offshore Detainees

SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian Parliament on Wednesday repealed a law that had allowed refugees and asylum seekers being held offshore to seek emergency medical care in Australia, a reversal that human rights advocates denounced as cruel and shameful.

 

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/world/australia/medevac-refugees-repeal.html

A July rally in Sydney, Australia, calling for humane treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.

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