There are concerns pregnant migrants and refugees are being put at risk by missing out on crucial interpreting services.
A quarter of mothers who gave birth in Australia in 2015 were born in a non-English-speaking country.
That’s a 17 per cent increase since 2005.
With that figure set to rise, migrant support groups want a new national plan for maternity services to include an expansion of bilingual midwifery clinics and better access to interpreters.
