Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison spoke in parliament in Canberra on Monday about the new restrictions. (William West/AFP/Getty Images)

[Australia came under fire on Tuesday from health experts and rights advocates after it issued a blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak, making it the first rich nation to shut its doors to the region. Australia has not recorded a case of Ebola despite a number of scares, and conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott has so far resisted repeated requests to send medical personnel to help battle the outbreak on the ground.]

 

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