An asylum seeker who botched his DIY penis enlargement by injecting himself with palm oil was transferred to Australia for treatment under controversial Medevac laws.

The Iranian man is reportedly in detention in Queensland and will soon undergo expensive taxpayer-funded genital reconstruction surgery.

Watch the discussion in the clip above

The Medevac laws, which allow doctors to decide which seriously ill patients can come to Australia, were pushed through Parliament by Labor and independent crossbenchers in early 2019.

Speaking on Sunrise, Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce slammed the decision.

"This individual had a pretty checkered past, he'd been up for assault against one of the guards," he said.

The man was allegedly involved in multiple violent incidents while in Papua New Guinea, and was arrested for throwing boiling water on a security guard.

"He's being creating real problems and this brings into focus the Medevac laws and why we'd be bringing this person to Australia."

Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon said the Medevac laws are working and do not need to change.

"Medevac laws have made no change to this situation," he claimed.

"Peter Dutton would have brought this person to Australia pre-Medevac laws because despite the ridiculous nature of the events that lead to it, he would have always been brought here if he self-harmed and faced such serious injuries.

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