SYDNEY: Fifty-seven male asylum seekers deemed to be a security risk will be sent to a remote Pacific island detention centre for medical ...
SYDNEY: Fifty-seven male asylum seekers deemed to be a security risk will be sent to a remote Pacific island detention centre for medical treatment instead of Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday .
The amendment included a provision to allow the government to overrule any medical transfer, but Morrison said the veto powers are too limited to prevent the transfer of 57 asylum seekers assessed to be a"national security threat". "The laws that have been passed deny us the opportunity to prevent people coming to Australia who otherwise would never be able to," he told reporters during the first visit by an Australian prime minister to the island.Opponents have accused Morrison, who is trailing badly in the polls, of trying to use the border security issue to boost his standing with voters ahead of an election due by May.
In 2001, conservative Prime Minister John Howard refused permission for a Norwegian ship carrying 433 rescued refugees to enter Australian waters.
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