‘Lives at risk’ in Melbourne detention hotel after three asylum seekers test positive for Covid
by Australian Associated Press with Guardian staff from on (#5QT19)
Detainees have not been vaccinated and socially distancing is impossible in the conditions they're in', advocates say
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An asylum seeker inside a Melbourne hotel being used as an alternative place of detention" by Australian Border Force says detainees are frustrated and scared after three of them tested positive for Covid.
Mustafa Salah, 23, has spent the better part of eight years inside Australian detention facilities offshore and within its borders.
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