Federal government announces medical review panel for ill asylum seekers

Federal Minister for Immigration David Coleman addresses media in Sydney, Sunday, February 3 2019.

Source: AAP

The federal government has announced plans to establish an independent medical review panel to oversee the transfer of asylum seekers from regional processing centres to Australia and other third-party countries.


It comes as the final four children remaining on Nauru prepare to board flights destined for the United States, where they will be resettled along with their families.

 


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