Aussies have been left reeling after pictures of a seriously ill asylum seeker languishing in an offshore detention centre were made public. Hatam Yekta, 36, from Iran attempted to reach Australia by boat in 2013 but never made it.He was first sent to Manus Island but is now at Port Moresby, in Papua New Guinea.Activists say his health is rapidly deteriorating with activists warning he “may only have days to live”.However, Australia has argued that it is Papua New Guinea’s responsibility to care for the 60 asylum seekers under the offshore detention programme.Refugee Action Coalition say Mr Yekta is one of 10-12 other refugees who are suffering from “serious mental health” conditions.The charity urging the government to bring Mr Yetka to Australia under medical evacuation legislation that was repealed in December, 2019 right after his application was approved. In the last two weeks, “hundreds of letters, emails and phone calls have been made to Labor, Green, and independent MPs”, the organisation’s spokesperson Ian Rintoul said Calling for immediate action, Mr Rintoul said it was “simply unconscionable” to leave Mr Yekta without the medical help that he desperately needs. “The injustice of leaving Hatam to die in PNG is obvious. The humanitarian thing to do is to bring Hatam to Australia,” he said. He claimed Labor had a “particular responsibility” towards Mr Yekta, because he was sent to the detention centre under their government, and the medivac legislation was also introduced under their government that brought some asylum seekers to safety in 2019. “The Australian Government does not have any role in the ongoing management for individuals remaining in PNG,” the Department of Home Affairs told RNZ Pacific last month. “The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government is responsible for the management of individuals remaining in PNG who were formerly under regional processing arrangements.”More than 7,000 people have signed a petition for urgent intervention and immediate medical evacuation of Mr Yekta. Many are expressing their shock at the sight of his photographs. Two weeks ago, refugees from the detention centre who are now settled in New Zealand, protested outside the Australian consulate in Auckland calling for an urgent intervention. AMr Rintoul said, “time is running out,” calling Home Affairs minister Tony Burke to take immediate action. Senate Inquiry recommendations ‘simply not enough’A Senate inquiry into Australia’s offshore processing and resettlement arrangements began November last year. Testimonies submitted to the inquiry exposed the harsh conditions, severe physical and psychological harm that asylum seekers endured in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. The inquiry led by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee submitted a report on July 2, calling for transparency, regular audits and due diligence measures. However, the recommendations have been criticised by human rights and refugee advocates who have said they were “simply not enough”. In a joint statement multiple organisations including Refugee Council of Australia, and Human Rights Law centre have called for the end of detention centres saying they caused “profound and ongoing harm”. “People have died, children have been harmed, families have been torn apart, countless lives have been destroyed and billions of dollars in public money have flowed through contracts that remain shrouded in secrecy,” they said.Human Rights Law Centre associate legal director, Laura John said the inquiry was a “missed opportunity” to end more than a decade of corruption and deliberate cruelty towards asylum seekers and refugees.