Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been urged to intervene in the case of a heavily pregnant refugee being held on Nauru who is reportedly facing significant medical risks to herself and her unborn child.
Tasmanian Greens senator Nick McKim has implored the minister to bring the woman to Australia for urgent medical care.
Senator McKim said the Kuwaiti woman was more than 35 weeks pregnant with her baby in breech, a large tumour on the wall of her uterus and a history of miscarriage.
"For pity's sake minister, we are dealing with one of our fellow human beings who has been harmed by Australia and who is in need of urgent specialist support and facilities," he wrote to the Mr Dutton on Tuesday in a letter subsequently posted to social media.
"Please show some charity, compassion and humanity here and take the action that has been suggested by me and many others."
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Mr Dutton's office said it would not comment on individual cases.
