Fears Baby Asha About To Be Removed

[icyfroth]

Asylum seeker baby Asha's advocate says she has been banned from seeing Asha's mother by immigration police, as fears mount she is about to be taken away.

Twelve-month-old Asha was taken to Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane suffering burns she received from boiling water while in detention on Nauru.

Although she has recovered, doctors and nurses at the hospital are refusing to discharge Asha unless she is provided with a safe home.

Former Nauru detention centre caseworker and family advocate Natasha Blucher says when she spoke to the baby's mum on Saturday morning, something was wrong.

'I called mum at 9am, and she told me that about 7am, some immigration officers had come to her room and told her she was leaving,' Ms Blucher told AAP on Saturday.

She said Asha's mother was told she would need to leave with plain-clothes officers waiting for her downstairs and that she needed to go quietly.

'When asked, 'where are you taking me', they declined to tell her, and said it was neither the community, Nauru or a detention centre,' Ms Blucher said.

But at 8am, a doctor came in and told Asha's mum that she was safe, as he would not be 

discharging her unless he was satisfied a safe home was waiting for Asha.

That was the last Ms Blucher heard from the mother.

When she called at 3.15pm, she says she was told by immigration officers that Asha's mum could no longer make or receive calls.

'The Serco officers said they had been informed by border police that she was not allowed any calls - not even from her lawyers,' Ms Blucher told AAP.

'To hold someone incommunicado like that to me says you're about to do something that's not in their interest,' she said.

Refugee advocates have since surrounded the hospital in hope of blocking any officers who attempt to take Asha away.

GetUp Queensland spokeswoman Ellen Roberts said about 200 protesters were outside the hospital, and would maintain a 24-hour presence until they received confirmation about the family's plight.

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Hmmm...sinister moves afoot?

[icyfroth]

then why mention him?

[debra9275]

because posts 5 and 7 made me think of the type of things bolt would put out

[debra9275]

but then why do you care if I mention Bolt or not    

[esayaf]

Icyfroth is Bolt's biggest fan

[Anonymous]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@debra9275 wrote:

it sounds like they live in a tent Erica

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/bringbackasha-campaign-gathers-momentum-as-g...

IF A five-month-old girl was being kept in a leaky tent surrounded by rats anywhere in Australia, she would be taken into government care. But this isgovernment care, albeit 4500km from the mainland.

Asha, whose pixelated face appeared on placards at snap rallies in Melbourne and Sydney this week, sleeps on a wet mattress. Her tent leaks “constantly”, according to her family’s lawyers.

She has trouble feeding and there and mosquitos everywhere, but Asha’s mum refuses to use the government-supplied mosquito net. It’s sprayed with chemicals, she says.

There’s no running water, there’s the constant threat of communicable disease and there are security guards watching over them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It’s suicide watch for asylum seekers

that article is from last year- 

nowhere have I read any report that the mother harmed  her child on purpose either btw  - but then again I don't read Bolt

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did Bolt say the child was deliberately harmed?

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clearly she is suggesting that's

where the idea came from.

i've seen lawsuits for less 

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@debra9275 wrote:

yes, sorry I got that wrong- it's the cost of Manus, Nauru & Christmas island

most recent article I could find is this one

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/government-spends-12-billion-on-offshore-proce...

the breakdown is in the article

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thanks.  still a lot of money but

those  figures make more sense. 

[debra9275]

blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/

... if it is being sentback to Nauru, despite sending a dangerous message to other parents on Nauru, .....The baby Asha standoff:

I read it just before  and I think it's been updated , don't really know as I don't read his nonsense

he did imply  that

so who is going to sue me  

you?

him?

[debra9275]

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/the_baby_asha_standoff_wh...

Is political posturing on asylum seekers denying sick Australian children the care they need?

Take the case of “Asha” - the baby of Nepalese people claiming to be refugees.

She was burned in the Nauru detention centre in what we’re told was an accident with making baby formula, and brought to Australia for treatment. But now that she’s been treated, doctors are refusing to release her if she is to be sent back to Nauru.

I’ve already noted curious things about their parents’ refugee claim and warned about the signal this will send to other parents with children in Nauru

there you go.. found it

[debra9275]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@debra9275 wrote:

yes, sorry I got that wrong- it's the cost of Manus, Nauru & Christmas island

most recent article I could find is this one

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/government-spends-12-billion-on-offshore-proce...

the breakdown is in the article

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thanks.  still a lot of money but

those  figures make more sense. 

yep,,,1.2 billion

[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:

blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/

... if it is being sentback to Nauru, despite sending a dangerous message to other parents on Nauru, .....The baby Asha standoff:

I read it just before  and I think it's been updated , don't really know as I don't read his nonsense

he did imply  that

so who is going to sue me  

you?

him?

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he did?  ok.  i take your word for it.

why would i sue you?  

its not my reputation