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	Podcast:		Full Story
	Episode:		Panic, fear and Covid-19 inside a Melbourne hotel
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:21:07
	Publish Date:		2021-11-02 16:30:20
	Description:		The Park hotel in Melbourne, which is being operated by the federal government as an alternative place of detention for refugees and asylum seekers, is currently the site of a Covid outbreak – with almost half of the detainees testing positive. It follows months of warnings from the Australian Medical Association and human rights organisations about the “high-risk environment” for transmission – and calls for all people held there to be released. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to detained refugee Mustafa Salah, and reporter Ben Doherty about life inside the hotel as this outbreak spreads, and Australia’s responsibility to keep these refugees safe
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