Government offers free maid to pregnant refugees.
ASYLUM seekers are being offered free domestic help and childcare, along with receiving free operations and medical treatment for non-urgent conditions including drooping eyelids.
Black Orchid wrote:Australians aren't privy to free droopy eyelid surgery either but Tamil (suspected war criminals) are apparently.
Droopy eye repair among non urgent medical treatment provided to asylum seekers
A PREGNANT asylum seeker deemed a security risk by ASIO was offered free domestic help and childcare while another detainee has had drooping eyelids fixed by taxpayers.
An array of non urgent medical treatment provided to detainees has been revealed including a suspected war criminal who had his impacted wisdom teeth removed at no cost to him.
Details of treatment were contained in Ombudsman's reports on long term detainees and come as the government announced the latest asylum boat detected yesterday had 147 passengers on board, the biggest arrival since October last year.
Most of the detainees who have been given everything from free glasses and orthotics to dietary counselling to combat high cholesterol, have been rejected as refugees and are exhausting appeals or have received a negative ASIO security assessment.
In August last year immigration official offered the pregnant 33-year-old, whose third son was born in January, free "domestic assistance, occasional childcare support and assistance with (her daily) routine" on the advice of an occupational therapist and a psychologist.
The woman, who had attended ante-natal appointments at Fairfield Hospital while living in residential housing in the Villawood complex, rejected the offer.
She and her two sons arrived by boat in May 2010 and were in community detention, where she married her husband in April last year, until her release was revoked in April after ASIO delivered an adverse security assessment.
A 27-year-old Tamil Tiger had his impacted wisdom teeth extracted in June at Whyalla in South Australia, two months after he complained of dental pain.
He has been in detention since arriving by boat in December 2009 and was rejected as a refugee after Department of Immigration officials found "serious reasons for considering (the man) had committed a war crime or a crime against humanity."
A Department spokesman declined to comment on the man's case.The 38-year-old with drooping eyelids overstayed a business visa before being rejected as a refugee, prompting attempts to remove him.
While he has been in detention in Sydney, the man has had three rounds of surgery between December 2009 and January 2011 to correct his eyelids.
A Department spokeswoman said surgery was never provided for "purely cosmetic reasons."
Other cases include a 35-year-old with two wives who has been treated for everything from hearing problems to reflux and insomnia since arriving by boat in 2009.
"These cases, especially that of that of a suspected war criminal will do more than test the patience of the Australian public," Opposition Immigration spokesman Scott Morrison said.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Immigration said it had a "non delegable duty of care" to ensure the health and welfare of detainees and that care "is funded by the Australian Government."
She said treatment had to be clinically recommended by "health professionals such as GPs, dentists and medical specialists."
Meanwhile, the government is reportedly considering a plan to move families out of community detention onto bridging visas to save money in the May budget.
Families would be treated the same as single asylum seekers who receive about $440 a fortnight and some rent assistance to live in the community.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard would only say yesterday that a decision had not been taken.
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/dr ... 6607973699
Mellie...that link appears to be irrelevant.mellie wrote:So, they have slashed the baby bonus for Australians to give it to refugees.
Like Obama, Gillard's aiming for the minority vote.
Government offers free maid to pregnant refugees.
ASYLUM seekers are being offered free domestic help and childcare, along with receiving free operations and medical treatment for non-urgent conditions including drooping eyelids.
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
Droopy eye repair among non urgent medical treatment provided to asylum seekers
A PREGNANT asylum seeker deemed a security risk by ASIO was offered free domestic help and childcare while another detainee has had drooping eyelids fixed by taxpayers.
An array of non urgent medical treatment provided to detainees has been revealed including a suspected war criminal who had his impacted wisdom teeth removed at no cost to him.
Details of treatment were contained in Ombudsman's reports on long term detainees and come as the government announced the latest asylum boat detected yesterday had 147 passengers on board, the biggest arrival since October last year.
Most of the detainees who have been given everything from free glasses and orthotics to dietary counselling to combat high cholesterol, have been rejected as refugees and are exhausting appeals or have received a negative ASIO security assessment.
In August last year immigration official offered the pregnant 33-year-old, whose third son was born in January, free "domestic assistance, occasional childcare support and assistance with (her daily) routine" on the advice of an occupational therapist and a psychologist.
The woman, who had attended ante-natal appointments at Fairfield Hospital while living in residential housing in the Villawood complex, rejected the offer.
She and her two sons arrived by boat in May 2010 and were in community detention, where she married her husband in April last year, until her release was revoked in April after ASIO delivered an adverse security assessment.
A 27-year-old Tamil Tiger had his impacted wisdom teeth extracted in June at Whyalla in South Australia, two months after he complained of dental pain.
He has been in detention since arriving by boat in December 2009 and was rejected as a refugee after Department of Immigration officials found "serious reasons for considering (the man) had committed a war crime or a crime against humanity."
A Department spokesman declined to comment on the man's case.The 38-year-old with drooping eyelids overstayed a business visa before being rejected as a refugee, prompting attempts to remove him.
While he has been in detention in Sydney, the man has had three rounds of surgery between December 2009 and January 2011 to correct his eyelids.
A Department spokeswoman said surgery was never provided for "purely cosmetic reasons."
Other cases include a 35-year-old with two wives who has been treated for everything from hearing problems to reflux and insomnia since arriving by boat in 2009.
"These cases, especially that of that of a suspected war criminal will do more than test the patience of the Australian public," Opposition Immigration spokesman Scott Morrison said.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Immigration said it had a "non delegable duty of care" to ensure the health and welfare of detainees and that care "is funded by the Australian Government."
She said treatment had to be clinically recommended by "health professionals such as GPs, dentists and medical specialists."
Meanwhile, the government is reportedly considering a plan to move families out of community detention onto bridging visas to save money in the May budget.
Families would be treated the same as single asylum seekers who receive about $440 a fortnight and some rent assistance to live in the community.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard would only say yesterday that a decision had not been taken.
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/dr ... 6607973699
I have never been offered a voucher by 'them.'mellie wrote:Seriously Aussie, does it get much more insulting to the Australian tax-payer than this?
.....And I was wondering, do they still get free Taxi vouchers to take them places also?
They did a couple of years ago when someone I know was driving cabs.
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