Laura Walters talks to a global health expert who describes Australia's refugee policy as one of the world's cruellest. BROOK MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES A leading global health expert has labelled Australia's "turn back the boats" policy one of the "most cruel" for refugees. A top global health expert says this would be a step in the right direction for those who have suffered for years under one of the world's cruellest refugee policies. The expert leading the call is Georgetown University faculty director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and director of a WHO Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law, Lawrence Gostin. The plan's priorities encompassed quality healthcare, occupational health and safety, mental health, public health, and social determinants of health for refugees.

Source: Stuff May 17, 2019 02:48 UTC