Australia Denies Somali Woman Surgery [#geekgirl]
[From news.com.au] ‘Ayaan Mohamed, 25, had her face shattered by a bullet as her family tried to flee violence in Somalia’s brutal civil war. She was two years old at the time.
Because the complicated facial reconstruction surgery she requires is not available in her homeland, Brisbane’s Wesley Hospital and Rotary had offered to bring her to Australia.
But the government has refused to grant Ayaan a short-term medical visa.
Opposition immigration spokesman Richard Marles said the Australian identity was one characterised by compassion.
“Mr Morrison, this decision makes no sense,” he said.
“It appears profoundly unfair and needs to be reconsidered.”‘