Article 3QVN2 Doctors beg Australian Border Force to move terminally ill refugee off Nauru

Doctors beg Australian Border Force to move terminally ill refugee off Nauru

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Ben Doherty
from World news | The Guardian on (#3QVN2)

ABF staff on the island have made repeated requests to Canberra for intervention

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Doctors on Nauru have pleaded with the Australian Border Force to move a terminally ill Afghan refugee off the island for palliative care.

The oldest Afghan Hazara held on Nauru, 63-year-old Ali*, has advanced lung cancer and his prognosis, according to doctors familiar with his case, is "dire".

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