Doctor told to get out because of son with Down syndrome

A MIGRANT doctor and his family are being forced to leave Australia, and the Victorian town that desperately needs him, because his son has Down syndrome.

Dr Bernhard Moeller answered a call from the Federal Government and the Horsham community two years ago, and moved from Germany to become the town's only permanent specialist physician.

But the Department of Immigration and Citizenship this week rejected an application from Dr Moeller and his family for permanent residency because his 13-year-old son, Lukas, has Down syndrome and does not fit the bureaucracy's health criteria.

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I find this very disturbing. Is there any real justification for this sort of thing?

Kayleigh Katz said:

I find this very disturbing. Is there any real justification for this sort of thing?

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Seems damn foolish to me. It's one thing to try to prevent people with serious illnesses and disabilities from immigrating-- but it's another to do so at the expense of losing a professional that even the government notes is "badly needed".

This is institutionalized discrimination at the highest level. Pretty disgusting, actually.