UN human rights chief urges Australia to save medevac bill

Michelle Bachelet talks in Sydney on Tuesday.

Michelle Bachelet talks in Sydney on Tuesday. Source: Nick Baker

Australia has been urged to take a more humane approach to asylum seekers but not dismiss those pushing back against refugees as bigots or racists.


The United Nations' leading voice on human rights has called on Australian politicians to save the so called Medevac bill, calling it a "small step of progress" in an often "harmful" immigration regime.

 


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