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Explainer: how will the ‘medevac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?
The Conversation
13/02/2019
Abstract
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have now passed amendments to the Migration Act 1958 that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island and Nauru. These amendments are also known as the medevac bill.
So, how will the situation for asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island and Nauru change with the provisions in place?
Details
- Title
- Explainer: how will the ‘medevac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?
- Authors/Creators
- N. Procter - University of South AustraliaM. A. Kenny - Murdoch University, School of Law and Criminology
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991005554768507891
- Copyright
- © 2019 The Conversation Media Group Ltd
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Law and Criminology
- Resource Type
- Newspaper article
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