Myanmar asylum seeker flown off Nauru to give birth in Australia fears her children will die if they return
The woman fears that her children will die if they are sent back to the Nauru detention facility. (Photo: AAP) By Felicity Ogilvie ABC News November 9, 2013 An asylum seeker who was flown from Nauru to give birth in Australia says she is afraid that her baby and young children will die if the family is sent back to the island. The Rohingya woman from Myanmar says she gave birth via caesarean section in a hospital in Brisbane on Wednesday. The woman says that while she was pregnant she was detained in a tent for two weeks on Nauru. She says they were served pre-prepared meals that were sometimes only half-cooked, and she says it was hot inside the tents. "It was too hot. I cannot explain. Even day or night I could not fall asleep because of the heat," the woman said through a translator. The Rohingya woman, who says she has diabetes, says she was flown to Australia because she was pregnant. The woman says she was flown to Australia about 20 days...