Australia's government says it will stand firm on its asylum seeker policy amid protests over a one-year-old girl's impending deportation to Nauru.

Doctors at a Brisbane hospital are refusing to discharge the girl, Asha, who is expected to be sent back to the Australian-run detention centre.

The daughter of asylum-seeker parents suffered serious burns at the camp.

Former immigration minister Scott Morrison said the policy would continue "absolutely" and "completely."

The government says its controversial offshore detention policy is necessary, and aimed at preventing asylum seekers trying to reach Australia on unseaworthy boats.

Australia's High Court upheld Australia's asylum policy as legal under the country's constitution in a decision handed down at the beginning of February.

Doctors at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital say they won't release Asha unless a "suitable home environment is identified".

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said no decision would be made to risk the "health or security of any individual".

"It is a difficult job, because we have to do it in a way that gives no incentive to the people smugglers," Mr Turnbull said.

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A baby as political football is not a good look... It shows Australia disregard for decency, harbouring a hateful humanity and having a heart made of rubbish. This is not where we want to live. Throw out Malcolm and his idiots. Deport Malcolm to where his dosh is — the Cayman Islands.

The Australian government has breached maritime laws many times, has abandoned its international obligation and yet it is prepared to go and bomb something, who knows what, in Syria... Malcolm Turdball is as bad as Turdy Abbott.

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