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'Prison Break' and my escape from Manus Island

Lives Less Ordinary

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The Importance of Sleep and Food

The last time you landed in a foreign country expecting to claim asylum and be accepted as a refugee you were taken into detention. So what was going through your head at this point? I was prepared mentally and physically. Physically I was prepared to go through a strip search. That was what I was expecting and mentally I was prepared for some form of detention. He took me aside and put me to an interview room. What happened in the interview room? It was pretty late I think around 1, 2 at night.I haven't slept really well in the past four days if at all. And I didn't have any foods either partly because he didn't have the chance but partly because I

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