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'Prison Break' and my escape from Manus Island

Lives Less Ordinary

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Javett's Journey to Manna's Island

Asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat will be sent to Papua New Guinea for processing and resettlement. People who come by boat now have no prospect of being resettled in Australia. The rules have changed. If you come by boat you will never permanently live in Australia. For the first six months eml 19 was kept in a detention centre on Christmas Island in a cell three other people. No pillow no name. It felt a lot like a criminal but nevertheless he absolutely dreaded getting the early morning knock to say that he was off to manna's facility, PNG.

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