"Baby Asha" to be released into community detention
Asylum-seeker advocates gather outside Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Source: AAP
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says an asylum-seeker baby being treated in a Queensland hospital will be released into community detention and not immediately transferred to Nauru. Doctors at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital have refused to release one-year-old baby Asha until an acceptable home is identified. The stand-off prompted a week of rallies outside the hospital by asylum-seeker advocates. The Australian Medical Association has issued the government with a set of demands, calling for the immediate removal of all children from detention.
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