YAREN – The Somali refugee who is pregnant as a result of being raped on Nauru and who was brought to Australia last week for a termination has reportedly been forcibly sent back without having had the operation.

The 23-year-old woman, who was raped in July by an unknown assailant, had spent weeks pleading to be transferred to Australia so she could terminate the unwanted pregnancy.

She was brought to Australia on Sunday, and moved to Sydney’s Villawood detention centre.

But after less than a week in Australia, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection was preparing to send her back to Nauru on Friday, refugee advocates say.

The department reportedly said she had declined to proceed with the termination – but advocates and lawyers assisting the woman said she had not had the chance to speak with a counsellor or a doctor.

The woman, known as Abyan (not her real name), reportedly refused medical care at a preliminary appointment on Thursday.

Abyan has also been suffering further serious health complaints. Traumatised by the rape, and distressed by initial inaction around her situation, she was not eating or drinking, and had reportedly lost more than 10kg.

The department declined to answer questions about the woman’s situation, directing queries to the minister’s office, which did not respond.

Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition has been in regular contact with the woman.

“I sat with Abyan on Tuesday at Villawood where she made it clear that she wanted to see counsellors regarding the termination of her pregnancy. She has been denied the right to seek advice from doctors.”

Media reports now say the woman is already back on Nauru.

“This removal to Nauru must be stopped,” Rintoul said earlier. “Abyan has requested to see counsellors and to get advice from doctors to discuss the planned termination of her pregnancy. There has been no counselling and no arrangements to see counsellors or doctors.”

Pamela Curr from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre said the woman had been seen by a nurse when she was in Australia and had not ruled out having an abortion.

Curr said the woman had been admitted to hospital for dehydration, but was yet to see a counsellor.

“She just needed to talk to somebody,” she said. “I believe the minister is bullying her.

“They’ve given her four days with access to no medical or no counselling advice – this is a woman who has been to hell and back.”

In July, a leaked document from International Health and Medical Services – the health services contractor on Nauru – revealed that asylum seekers and refugees held on Nauru and Manus Island would no longer be flown to Australia for advanced medical care.

On Thursday, immigration minister Peter Dutton said there was a “racket” among refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru seeking to come to Australia for medical care, so they could then demand their asylum claims be processed in Australia.

“The racket that’s been going on here is that people, at the margins, come to Australia from Nauru, the government’s then injuncted, we can’t send them back to Nauru and there are over 200 people in that category.

“Now, as I say, we want to provide support to the Nauruans. We want to provide a safe environment, a humane environment for people, but we aren’t going to be taken for mugs.”

Dutton cited Australian financial support for healthcare in Nauru – including $11 million for a medical centre inside the detention centre, and $26 million towards the refurbishment of Nauru’s hospital.

The latest claims follow news that a 26-year-old Somali woman, who said she was raped in August, may be charged with making a false complaint to police.