Refuge #18 King Coconut and the Mango Tree
Previously: Suthan puts me in touch with Barbara, telling me that she is like a mother to him. After Barbara and I meet for coffee, she emails me her thesis, Suthan’s...
Refuge #17 Broom Cupboard
Barbara and family visit the Baxter Immigration Detention Centre in Port Augusta and around 2004 she meets newly released asylum seekers in Adelaide.
Refuge#16 Like my mother
A boy loses his mother. A mother loses her son. Through the pain of loss, Barbara becomes like a mother to a young Tamil refugee and writes his story.
Refuge #15 Blood and Sweat Money
Years of work and study converge in a highly profitable way for Josie's employer. Post-Tiananmen, Australia shows compassion to the Chinese students reaps economic benefits....