The Australian journalist Julia Baird called the offshore detention centers “Australia’s asylum gulag.” His work can be understood as historical document and witness, as well as political, theoretical, practical and creative intervention.
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Asylum seeker Kurdish-Iranian author celebrated in Australia while detained on Manus Island
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Refugee Behrouz Boochani free in New Zealand after years of detention in PNG
16 May 2020, by siawi3Seen by many as the voice of asylum seekers held in off-shore detention, the refugee and author Behrouz Boochani has been allowed to travel to New Zealand to speak at a literary festival. He isn’t ruling out claiming asylum there, which could create political tension, as Australia has long rejected the New Zealand’s offer to resettle refugees. Behrouz Boochani overstayed 30-day visa in New Zealand.
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France: The French Villages That Rescued Thousands During WWII Continue To Welcome Refugees
27 May 2020, by siawi3“It was amazing to hear and learn that there were these waves of sheltering on the plateau — not just before and during the war, but right now.”
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Australia: “Writing is an act of resistance” - Behrouz Boochani
28 May 2020, by siawi3For the past six years Behrouz Boochani, like hundreds of others who have sought asylum in Australia, has been imprisoned on Manus Island. In this moving talk, he calls for compassion and freedom, reminding us all that "we are human just like you”.
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Building a cinematic bond with refugees, in a time of crisis
28 May 2020, by siawi3During one year the documentary followed the lives of Syrian student Ibrahim and Iraqi physiotherapist Qutaiba.
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India: The World’s Biggest Lockdown
28 May 2020, by siawi3When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the world’s biggest lockdown, he gave the nation of 1.3 billion people only four hours’ notice. He unleashed one of the biggest mass migrations in his nation’s history and left the poor in the cities with no means of earning an income or feeding their families.Tens of millions of migrant workers, who’d moved to the cities to find work, lost their jobs, their wage and their shelter overnight. To find food and shelter, hundreds of thousands hit the road to head back to their villages.
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Australia/USA: A Brutal Welcome: Riots and a pandemic greet Manus and Nauru refugees landing in the United States
9 June 2020, by siawi3Facing the choice between indefinite detention or transfer to the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, refugees who were held on Manus Island and Nauru are still choosing freedom in America – even though some say it’s like landing in a civil war. In May, more than 40 Manus and Nauru refugees touched down in the United States – the epicentre of the global COVID-19 pandemic – with barely more than the clothes on their backs.
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