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Court says Australia cannot force asylum seeker to have abortion in PNG

May 7, 2016

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By Peter Gosnell SYDNEY (Reuters) – A pregnant woman who says she was raped at an Australia detention center for asylum seekers on the tiny South Pacific island of Nauru cannot be forced to have an abortion in Papua New Guinea because it is unsafe and illegal, a court has ruled. Under Australia’s hardline immigration…
Australian asylum ruling paves way for deportation of infants

Feb 3, 2016

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By Colin Packham and Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia's High Court threw out a challenge to offshore immigration detention camps on Wednesday, clearing the way for the deportation of dozens of infants born in Australia to detained asylum seekers. The court rejected a legal test case brought by an unidentified Bangladeshi woman that challenged…