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Australia withdraws plan to deport burnt baby after protest
Scores of protesters blockaded a hospital in Brisbane to prevent a child being treated for burns to be removed as Australia’s policy on asylum seekers continues to be criticised.
The Australian government however announced that the baby and mother will not be sent back to an asylum seekers’ detention camp on the Pacific island of Nauru.
Peter Dutton who serves as Immigration Minister said the one-year-old girl known as Asha and her mother would be released into community detention in Australia.
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In a decision handed down at the beginning of February, Australia’s High Court upheld its asylum policy as legal under the country’s constitution.
Previously, the government said it would stand firm on its asylum seeker policy amid protests over the child’s impending deportation to Nauru.
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