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David Coleman, Minister for Immigration

“The medevac legislation doesn't require asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru to be sick in order to be transferred to Australia.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Spin

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Coleman's claim is spin. The bill governs the transfer of people from offshore processing countries in order to receive medical or psychiatric "treatment or assessment". Experts told Fact Check that it could be possi…

Andrew Wilkie, Independent federal MP

“A series of Australian governments that are guilty of crimes against humanity for forcibly transferring asylum seekers to a third country and detaining them indefinitely without trial.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Untested

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Wilkie's claim is an allegation of criminal conduct that is untested in a court of law. A number of communiques calling for Australian government officials to be investigated for crimes against humanity, as defined b…