Peter Dutton appeals federal court ruling over medical transfer of refugees
Peter Dutton is seeking to appeal in the high court a federal court ruling relating to dozens of medical transfers of asylum seekers and refugees.
The government argued the federal court had no jurisdiction to hear cases brought on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers in offshore centres on Manus Island and Nauru, who were seeking urgent medical transfer to Australia.
The government’s suit was in response to more than 50 individual cases brought on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers offshore, of which the majority remain before the federal court as ongoing legal matters, said George Newhouse, chief executive of the National Justice Project.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/27/peter-dutton-appeals-federal-court-ruling-over-medical-transfer-of-refugees
The government argued the federal court had no jurisdiction to hear cases brought on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers in offshore centres on Manus Island and Nauru, who were seeking urgent medical transfer to Australia.
The government’s suit was in response to more than 50 individual cases brought on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers offshore, of which the majority remain before the federal court as ongoing legal matters, said George Newhouse, chief executive of the National Justice Project.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/27/peter-dutton-appeals-federal-court-ruling-over-medical-transfer-of-refugees
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