Senate debates

Monday, 15 October 2018

Questions without Notice

Asylum Seekers

2:57 pm

Photo of Nick McKimNick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia director Paul McPhun says that it is the Australian government's policy of indefinite offshore detention that has 'destroyed their resilience, shattered all hope and ultimately impacted their mental health'. The AMA has repeatedly called on the government to urgently transfer refugee families off Nauru, describing the situation as a 'humanitarian emergency'. Minister, why are you ignoring experts and continuing to deliberately engage in child abuse on Nauru? (Time expired)

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