Refugees and asylum seekers brought to Melbourne from offshore detention for medical treatment say they have been denied proper medical treatment, cannot go outside, and are under constant guard by Serco officers.
A 33-year-old Kurdish refugee detained in a hotel in Melbourne's north has said he and at least 40 other men have been denied proper medical treatment for months after being brought to Australia under the medevac transfer scheme.Detainees said they were not allowed to go outside unless transferred to a detention facility in Melbourne's west
Refugee advocates said some men were suffering from dental problems but were being denied proper treatmentRefugee Mostafa told ABC Radio Melbourne that he had been in the Mantra Hotel in Preston for 40 days after being flown in from Manus Island for asthma treatment."I had a chest x-ray and nothing else. I suffer from asthma, I have PTSD, mental problems and they didn't do anything, they haven't done anything, not just for me, for everyone here," he said.
"There is not any outdoor space for breathing. Around 19 hours a day I spend my time inside my room," he said.
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