Refuge #47 Asylum Seeker Dental Care
Why extract a tooth that can be saved? Groups try to raise funds for asylum seeker dental care. Seems a pity that Dr A cannot practise in Australia.
Refuge#46 the Syrian dentist
In early 2011, Dr A treated people injured in clashes between the Syrian government and protesters. This led to the destruction of his clinic and home.
Refuge #45 Christmas Island immigration detention
Iranian refugee Maryam describes nightmares she had while in detention, and gratitude for her current life in Australia, even though certain dangers remain.
Refuge #44 An Ocean Liner
Previously in #43 Fifty People in Stowage: Iranian refugees Maryam and her husband Benham are on a crowded boat, no more than a fishing vessel, trying to reach Australia....
Refuge #43 Fifty People in Stowage
Iranian refugees Maryam and Benham boarded a crowded cockroach-infested boat. Their people smuggler told them that they would reach Australia in 3 days.
Refuge #42 Crash Course in People Smuggling
Maryam describes how she and Benham flew from Iran to Malaysia where they met people smugglers who directed them to Indonesia.
Refuge #41 Interrogation and Confession
In Iran, Maryam is interrogated in a secret location and signs a confession, believing it to be the only way she will be released. She could not have known how that confession...
Refuge #40 Being apolitical is no defence
In Shiraz, Iran, Maryam was marching in the 2009 post-election demonstrations, calling for a freer society, when riot police charged into the crowd.
Refuge#39 No spectator seats
Za Dim, a prisoner, speaks out against corruption in the police force, but true change is hard. Who should speaking out against injustice? Those in power?