Australia: No residency for boy with Down syndrome

November 1, 2008 By TANALEE SMITH , Associated Press Writer Australia: No residency for boy with Down syndrome (AP)

German doctor Bernhard Moeller, right, with his wife Isabella and son Lukas, 13, are pictured at their home in Horsham, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Moeller said Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 that he will fight a decision by the immigration department to deny his application for residency because his son has Down syndrome. Moeller, a specialist physician, came to Australia with his family two years ago to help fill a doctor shortage in a rural area of Victoria state. (AP Photo/Wimmera Mail-Times, Paul Carracher)

(AP) -- 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.

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