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| Australia minister defends care of 'brain dead' asylum-seeker | Australia minister defends care of 'brain dead' asylum-seeker |
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| Australia's immigration minister has defended the medical care of a young Iranian asylum seeker who activists say has been declared brain dead. | Australia's immigration minister has defended the medical care of a young Iranian asylum seeker who activists say has been declared brain dead. |
| Refugee activists said Hamid Khazaei, 24, cut his foot while in detention at Australia's offshore camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. | |
| The cut became infected and led to septicaemia, which caused a heart attack, they say. | The cut became infected and led to septicaemia, which caused a heart attack, they say. |
| The minister, Scott Morrison, says asylum-seekers are given good care. | The minister, Scott Morrison, says asylum-seekers are given good care. |
| "When someone becomes ill, they receive outstanding care from the people who work as part of our mainland detention network and in the offshore processing centres," he said. | "When someone becomes ill, they receive outstanding care from the people who work as part of our mainland detention network and in the offshore processing centres," he said. |
| But he confirmed that Mr Khazaei's condition was "extremely parlous", saying there were decisions to be taken that were "matters for the family". | |
| He said he had asked the immigration department's chief medical officer to review the man's clinical treatment. | He said he had asked the immigration department's chief medical officer to review the man's clinical treatment. |
| Earlier this week Ian Rintoul of the Refugee Action Coalition said the family of the young man, who was transferred to Brisbane last week for treatment, had been told he was brain dead. | Earlier this week Ian Rintoul of the Refugee Action Coalition said the family of the young man, who was transferred to Brisbane last week for treatment, had been told he was brain dead. |
| He blamed conditions in the camp for Mr Khazaei's infection, saying detainees sometimes had to walk through raw sewage overflows caused by hosing out blocked toilets and by high tides. | |
| Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says there was a delay in providing adequate care to Mr Khazaei - a claim echoed by Mr Rintoul, who described the Manus Island camp as "unhygienic hell-hole that must be closed". | |
| Mr Morrison said such claims "have not been based on any primary knowledge of this case". He accused critics of using the case "to make political points". | Mr Morrison said such claims "have not been based on any primary knowledge of this case". He accused critics of using the case "to make political points". |
| Australia and asylum | Australia and asylum |
| Australia detains all those who arrive by boat to seek asylum. They are held in offshore camps in PNG, Nauru and on Christmas Island. | Australia detains all those who arrive by boat to seek asylum. They are held in offshore camps in PNG, Nauru and on Christmas Island. |
| Both the UN and NGOs have strongly criticised conditions in these camps. | Both the UN and NGOs have strongly criticised conditions in these camps. |
| Earlier this year, an Iranian man was killed in a beating by - according to an official report - a mob of security guards and PNG local residents who had broken in to the Manus Island camp during a night of violence. | Earlier this year, an Iranian man was killed in a beating by - according to an official report - a mob of security guards and PNG local residents who had broken in to the Manus Island camp during a night of violence. |
| Detainees on Christmas Island, meanwhile, are currently suing the Australian government over alleged inadequate medical care. | Detainees on Christmas Island, meanwhile, are currently suing the Australian government over alleged inadequate medical care. |
| The government says its tough policies are aimed at ending the flow of boats, so that no more people die making the dangerous journey to Australia. | The government says its tough policies are aimed at ending the flow of boats, so that no more people die making the dangerous journey to Australia. |