Send them to Taiwan: Turnbull government’s secret refugee deal revealed

The Turnbull government has signed a deal to send refugees on Nauru who need urgent medical care to Taiwan, in an undisclosed arrangement aimed at stopping them from applying to stay in Australia after being treated in local hospitals.

• David Wroe
• The Age

Fairfax Media can reveal Australia signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan – which is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention – in September last year that has so far seen about five refugees flown 5500 kilometres to the…

The previously undisclosed deal has prompted lawyers to warn that medical care is being dictated by the…

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