Medevac refugees and asylum seekers detained in Melbourne hotel for months

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.

Coughing & toothache & “some other problems” ...yeah I can see why they needed to be brought here, these could have never been treated off shore

Melbourne? Havent they suffered enough?

Send them back. We’re full

So ppl always medevac'd anyway. The failed Senate bill was just grandstanding. When I worked for SERCO back in 2013 there were Medevac's then. Nothing has changed. If ppl have a serious injury there is no choice but to medevac.

Refugees Welcome!

Oh boo bloody hoo 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️

Can they order room service?

And just look at all the teorag trolls bouncing up and down like hate filled Tribbles to the dogwhistle...

Deport asap please Mr Dutton

You can go home whenever you want illegal criminal!!!!!!!!

These guys are parasites and should be sent home to the countries they come from because they are just looking for the economic benefits of the west rather than making their own homelands better.

Refugee Mostafa told ABC Radio that he had been in the Mantra Hotel in Preston for 40 days Mantra hotel is 10x more comfy than Manus Just look at refugees in Greece they live in crowded tent in winter They r costing us $20k/wk in Melb He is still whingeing

Sob sob, thousands of boat people died at sea & the Left just said 'Meh' tough titties 😪🤦‍♂️.

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