Three years after arriving in Australia as a refugee,Setara Amiri is one of the stars of an Australian movie about to be released in India.
The “exhausted and cold” girl was saved by a German-flagged sailboat after withstanding a three-day storm and big waves.
Entire communities of people,based only on where they are from,could be barred from Australia.
The proposed laws come as former immigration detainees are told they are freed from curfews and electronic monitoring after a High Court challenge.
The High Court ruled that forcing former immigration detainees to wear ankle bracelets and live under curfews is unlawful,in a massive blow to the Albanese government that Tony Burke vowed to counter with new laws.
Police dispersed a balaclava-clad group near a refugee encampment on Tuesday night,sending them running as demonstrators cheered.
Former immigration department official Abdul Rivsi said it was probably the highest proportion of students claiming asylum since the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Many members of the group tried to reach Australia after seeing a TikTok video promising them high wages. They never made it.
The list of people in limbo is growing by about 1000 a month as huge backlogs and five-year appeal wait times expose the immigration system to exploitation.
The government has renewed a rule that exempts Operation Sovereign Borders staff from the need to take “reasonable care” not to harm asylum seekers at sea.