Australia demands answers after women taken from Qatar Airways flight and strip-searched

Government says treatment of women after newborn found abandoned at Doha airport was offensive' and grossly inappropriate'

The Australian government has said it is deeply concerned" at the offensive, grossly inappropriate treatment" of female passengers on a Qatar Airways flight to Sydney, who were ordered to disembark the plane in Doha and were subjected to a strip search and a medical examination.

Flight QR908 to Sydney was due to leave Hamad International airport at Doha at 8.30 on Friday 2 October, but was delayed for four hours, apparently after a newborn infant was found in the airport.