I dont remember reading that in any of the articles, looked like the information wasnt even coming directly from the family involved but passed on through a third party. So I wonder if she wasnt happy was there a process in place for her to complain or request more hours and did she go through this process. Personally I imagine it would be easier for set hours to be allocated rather than having someone available on call for whenever she wanted to go in.

 

I know the article says a room in the hospital should have been used for dentention, but I imagine that wouldnt be the easiest thing to arrange on short notice and if it meant the hospital then had less beds to offer then I dont agree with that at all.

It almost wasn't available given that she was sent to Nauru.

http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2013/November/11-13-12.htm

Would that have satisfied you, azure? If she and her family were left on Nauru to take pot luck and her rights as a mother not violated as she held her baby (dead or alive).

Um, that is entirely different issue.


"The Rohingyan woman was moved from the Nauru detention centre to Australia to give birth, and says she fears for the wellbeing of her children if she is sent back to Nauru."

Perhaps they need to be told not to get pregnant while in detention?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/asylum-babies-short-of-nappies/story-fn9hm1g...

The revelations come on the eve of the release of what is expected to be two damning reports from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on conditions on Nauru and Manus Island.

One Immigration source on Christmas Island described how much things had changed since Operation Sovereign Borders began on September 18. ''We have been told that we are not to engage with the clients now,'' she said.

''So the only message we are told to give them is to leave. We are deliberately intimidating them, we are told to tell them Nauru and Manus are full up and so their only and best option is to go home.''

The government on Thursday denied it was using intimidation to force people to return home. It was unapologetic for its treatment of Sri Lankan boat arrivals but did not deny the children were sent home unaccompanied. ''Anyone arriving illegally by boat from Sri Lanka faces a stringent process and anyone who is screened out will go back.''

 

I don't think it is a different issue at all.

Satisfied me if she was left on Naru?? why would it?

Because you have said (repeatedly) that what appalled you is that the mother and child were separated.

Also the question asked about how the mother felt about being separated from her baby was not answered in your link. How she felt about being moved back to Nauru was brought up instead.

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@punch*drunk wrote:

I dont remember reading that in any of the articles, looked like the information wasnt even coming directly from the family involved but passed on through a third party. So I wonder if she wasnt happy was there a process in place for her to complain or request more hours and did she go through this process. Personally I imagine it would be easier for set hours to be allocated rather than having someone available on call for whenever she wanted to go in.

 

I know the article says a room in the hospital should have been used for dentention, but I imagine that wouldnt be the easiest thing to arrange on short notice and if it meant the hospital then had less beds to offer then I dont agree with that at all.

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Beds for visitors are not used for patients and vice versa.

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@*elizabeths-mum* wrote:
Because you have said (repeatedly) that what appalled you is that the mother and child were separated.

Also the question asked about how the mother felt about being separated from her baby was not answered in your link. How she felt about being moved back to Nauru was brought up instead.

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I can't answer the question about how the mum felt.

The link answered the one about how the mum was supposedly not saying anything but others were...........(the family are speaking but are not being reported on).

I am finding some of the comments and questions a bit interpersonal so I am leaving the thread now.