CANBERRA—Australia’s parliament narrowly approved legislation to allow asylum seekers held in detention centers on Pacific islands to be brought to the country for medical treatment, an easing of its strict policy toward migrants arriving by boat and a setback for the conservative government, which had opposed the move. The measure approved on Wednesday is the first weakening of a draconian offshore-processing system for asylum seekers that has been criticized by human-rights groups and the United Nations, but which has won...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 13, 2019 09:11 UTC