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STORIES FROM ADVOCATES AND REFUGEES

Another Life Adam Janali a twenty-seven years old Afghan refugee from the Hazara tribe tells his story to Michelle Yan
A poem from a prisoner at the Baxter detention centre
Nauru Wire Update Letters recently received from asylum seekers imprisoned on Nauru.
Free Peter Qasim: Peter Qasim entered his 7th year of imprisoned in Australia's detention centres on September 9, 2004.
Visa blocking tertiary option - Shepparton's Ali Alamein faces an uncertain future March 2004; by Liselotte Johnsson, Shepparton News
Love & Suffering – A former detainee's story about growing up in detention February 2004, Human Rights Defender - Amnesty International Australia
Kids speak out about life in immigration detention centres - NSW Commission for Children and Young People

Out of detention - Kaye Bernard from Perth writes about meeting Vietnamese refugees just released from Christmas Island.
Meeting our Afghani Son - Marisa Monagle from Adelaide has written a touching personal account of how she, her husband Bernie and daughter Hannah formed a close 'family' relationship with a young Afghani refugee from Nauru, and finally met him in Adelaide after he was finally granted a protection visa.
Will she be five, and still inside? - Ranjan Abayasekara, Whyalla RAR SA
The Afghan people of Albany - Valerie Gearon, Albany RAR. A personal account of a community’s experience.
Khaliq's journey to Griffith - a lifelong search for refuge - Erika Schwarze Leeton RAR

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