19-06-2018 04:27 via theguardian.com

Allowing a refugee to die with dignity would show Australia's human heart | Rachel Coghlan

A terminally ill man risks spending his dying days in pain and isolation despite a compassionate solution being available
The report on the refusal of the Australian Border Force to allow Ali*, a 63-year-old Afghan refugee on Nauru, to come to Australia for palliative care is deeply disturbing. Ali is dying from advanced lung cancer, and would receive patently inadequate care should he remain on Nauru. Now Australian doctors have called on the immigration minister to act quickly to bring Ali to
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