'Medical' evacuations Nauru

[Black Orchid]

Asylum seekers who are murderers and sex offenders could enter Australia through medical treatment transfers, the home affairs minister says.

Murderers and sex offenders could slip into the country if sick refugees are more easily able to seek medical treatment in Australia, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has warned.

But Labor has rubbished his claims as "nonsense" and argued the minister would still be able to refuse entry to anyone who posed an unacceptable risk to Australia.

Mr Dutton is fighting changes to medical evacuations of asylum seekers that he believes will trash the offshore processing system.

Legal changes being driven by Sydney independent MP Kerryn Phelps, known colloquially as the Nauru Bill, are expected to clear federal parliament early next year.

The legislation would allow critically ill refugees to be flown to Australia for medical treatment on the advice of two treating doctors.

The immigration minister would still need to sign off on the transfers.

However, Mr Dutton said he had advice to the contrary.

"The advice to me is clear that the minister doesn't have the ultimate say," he told Sky News on Monday.

"In many circumstances, you could have people with questionable backgrounds, people that have been charged, even people that have been investigated for serious sexual assault matters for example, who could come if they had a medical reason."

Legal advice to the government from ASIO suggests the minister can only reject a medical transfer if an asylum seeker poses a threat linked to terrorism, espionage, foreign interference and politically-motivated violence.

Murder, sexual assault, child abuse, physical violence and domestic violence would not be within the minister's scope to block a transfer.

Under the legal changes, the minister would be given just 24 hours to make a determination on medical transfers, and there would be greater transparency over decisions to deny transfers.

Ahead of Labor's national conference in Adelaide next week, a group of refugee advocates within the party are calling for an end to offshore processing and boat turnbacks.

However, Mr Shorten said Labor remained fully committed to both border protection measures.

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Something to look forward to

I blame Turnbull for putting Phelps in the position that she is in and now ultimately trying to turn everything to shit with her minority SJW progressive thinking.

[sprintcyclist]

I think those that pay criminals to get here will also lie about their health to get here.

[Black Orchid]

They will all claim PTSD and require immediate treatment

[sprintcyclist]

They will all claim PTSD and require immediate treatment

and a house and money and a nurse

[Black Orchid]

They will all claim PTSD and require immediate treatment

and a house and money and a nurse

And the DSP

[Valkie]

PARASITES FOR LIFE

GOOD STUFF EH?

[Neferti]

PARASITES FOR LIFE

GOOD STUFF EH?

Just adding to the current lot who "can't get a job" and prefer to whine about The Government not paying enough WELFARE for them to live ... get a fucking JOB ... Any job is worth more than the dole ...

[Valkie]

PARASITES FOR LIFE

GOOD STUFF EH?

Just adding to the current lot who "can't get a job" and prefer to whine about The Government not paying enough WELFARE for them to live ... get a fucking JOB ... Any job is worth more than the dole ...

That's why they came here
Free money, nothing to do
And plenty of apologists everywhere making excuses for their barbaric, primitive and violent practices.

Does anybody wonder why they all live in poverty in the hell holes from which they crawled?

It's because they are the laziest bunch or border line retarded morons on the face of the earth.

Only marginally less stupid than apologists.

[sprintcyclist]

PARASITES FOR LIFE

GOOD STUFF EH?

Just adding to the current lot who "can't get a job" and prefer to whine about The Government not paying enough WELFARE for them to live ... get a fucking JOB ... Any job is worth more than the dole ...

That's why they came here
Free money, nothing to do
And plenty of apologists everywhere making excuses for their barbaric, primitive and violent practices.

Does anybody wonder why they all live in poverty in the hell holes from which they crawled?

It's because they are the laziest bunch or border line retarded morons on the face of the earth.

Only marginally less stupid than apologists.