Injured refugee infant, family to remain in Australia

A public campaign on behalf of the baby daughter of a family of asylum-seekers has prompted Australia’s immigration minister to allow the family to remain in the country instead of being sent back to a remote detention camp. The 1-year-old child, known as Baby Asha, was brought to Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane for […]

A public campaign on behalf of the baby daughter of a family of asylum-seekers has prompted Australia’s immigration minister to allow the family to remain in the country instead of being sent back to a remote detention camp.
The 1-year-old child, known as Baby Asha, was brought to Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane for medical treatment last month from a camp on the South Pacific island of Nauru, where she suffered accidental burns.
News of Baby Asha’s plight led to a social media campaign to keep the family from being returned to Nauru.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton announced Sunday that Asha and her parents could remain in Brisbane under “community detention,” a policy that allows asylum-seekers to move about freely in the community.