Addressing media on Wednesday afternoon, Dutton said the decision of his department was “appropriate” but said he had asked for more information from the mother and brother, and requested that they lodge another application.
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Hassan Asif went to Australia on a student visa in 2014, before being diagnosed with advanced skin cancer.
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As Mr Asif nears the end of his battle he has no fear of death but just wants to see his mother one last time.
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Hassan Asif, 24, who came to Australia on a student visa previous year, was diagnosed with advanced skin cancer in April, and sadly entered the terminal phase last month.
Immigration minister Peter Dutton has backed his department’s decision to deny the family of a young Pakistani student a visa to visit him before he dies of cancer in Melbourne.
“On the face of it, it seems a cruel and callous decision to refuse his Pakistani-based mother and brother a visa to visit Mr Asif”, said shadow immigration minister Richard Marles.
A Department of Immigration and Border Protection spokesperson offered sympathy to the Asif family in relation to Mr Asif’s deteriorating health.
Sherri Bruinhout, director of homelessness and justice services at Melbourne City Mission youth homelessness refuge, said that Asif was unable to pay for the accommodation after his illness took over.
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His brother can’t comprehend why he can’t be by Mr Asif’s bedside.
“I don’t have many friends here because before I was diagnosed most of my time was spent working or studying”, Asif said.
“But I think with further information and a subsequent application I think that can be dealt with fairly quickly and hopefully the mother and brother can come to Australia sooner rather than later”.
Asif is reportedly too ill to travel to Pakistan and wants to be with his family.
Asif’s lawyer, however, is in the process of filing the family’s visa applications again with fresh supporting documents, hoping for an urgent Immigration Department change of heart. It urged Asif’s family to reapply.
“I’m OK with dying, it’s just the pain and everything, it’s getting so hard”.
The Melbourne City Mission is providing Mr Asif with palliative care but says his condition worsens everyday.
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Ms Bruinhout said she would be attending a cricket match with Mr Asif on Wednesday night.
