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Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination

  • Written by Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law, University of Sydney
Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discriminationAustralia has changed the way it decides whether children with Down syndrome, and other conditions, can migrate permanently to Australia. But the changes don't go far enough.from www.shutterstock.com

A three-year-old boy with haemophilia and an acquired brain injury is facing removal from the country because the home affairs department has ruled...