Proposed changes to the way sick asylum seekers are transferred to Australia are designed to end the nation's offshore processing system, according to Immigration Minister David Coleman.
The changes, in a legislative amendment supported by Labor and crossbenchers, would ensure two specially-appointed doctors can request medical transfers for offshore asylum seekers to Australia.
Mr Coleman has told Sky News the laws are designed such that every asylum seeker on Manus Island and Nauru would be sent to Australia, undermining the nation's offshore processing completely.
