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Apr 14, 2007
Quickie Link: HIV-positive Immigrants Should Not Be Allowed, Says Howard
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By vanrozenheim
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(Australia) - Australia's leader said yesterday that he opposed HIV-positive people being allowed to migrate to his country, triggering anger among health care workers who said he was demonizing foreigners and blaming patients for getting sick. Other specialists puzzled why Prime Minister John Howard said he would consider tightening laws - already stricter than those in many countries - that already rejected the vast majority of prospective migrants and refugees who have AIDS. Howard was asked in a radio interview in Melbourne if he thought people with HIV should be allowed into Australia as migrants or refugees. Howard replied that he wanted more advice on the issue, but that "my initial reaction is, no."
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