An Afghan asylum seeker allegedly grabbed two nurses' bottoms after being rushed from Nauru to Australia for medical treatment.
The asylum seeker allegedly carried out the assault a week after he arrived at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital on January 4.
The 38-year-old, who arrived in Australia in 2013, also allegedly threatened to assault both the nurses after he found out they had complained.
An Afghan asylum seeker allegedly grabbed two nurses' bottoms after being rushed from Nauru (pictured) to Australia for medical treatment
The man was arrested after police were called and transferred to Villawood detention centre.
He was bailed after being charged with common assault, touching a person sexually without consent and stalking or intimidating intending to cause harm.
The asylum seeker's case, which will go before a Sydney court this week, comes as independent Wentworth MP Kerryn Phelps battles to get her medivac bill passed in Canberra.
The bill would mean two doctors' recommendation would be enough to force the Australian government to bring asylum seekers over for medical treatment.
The only grounds under which the government could fight the doctors' recommendations would be medically-based or if the person was a terror threat.
While opposition leader Bill Shorten has voiced support for the bill, the government has been advised the move would undermine the security of Australia's borders.
The asylum seeker allegedly carried out the assault around a week after he arrived at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital on January 4
The new push has come under fire from immigration minister David Coleman.
'Under Labor's law, a person who has been convicted of serious offences would have to come to Australia and there is nothing the minister could do to stop it,' he said.
Prime minister Scott Morrison will speak at the National Press Club in Canberra on Monday - where he will argue only his government can protect Australians from local and global threats.
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