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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 01 > Australia denies residency to boy with Down syndrome

Australia denies residency to boy with Down syndrome

By Tanalee Smith / The Bulletin
November 1, 2008

SYDNEY, Australia — Thirteen-year-old Lukas Moeller has Down syndrome. His father is a doctor who came to Australia from Germany to help fill a shortage of physicians in rural communities.

But now Australia has rejected Dr. Bernhard Moeller’s application for residency, saying....

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