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From under a leaky roof : Afghan refugees in Australia / Phil Sparrow.

Title
From under a leaky roof : Afghan refugees in Australia / Phil Sparrow.
Author
Sparrow, Phil (Philip John)
Publication
Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2005.

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160 p. : maps; 21 cm.
Summary
Traces the journeys of many Afghan refugees currently living Australia. Common experiences of discrimination and persecution which led them to flee their homes are detailed, the despair of detention in Australia and the fear and uncertainty in beginning new lives here.
Subject
  • Refugees > Australia > Interviews
  • Refugees > Afghanistan > Interviews
  • Afghans > Australia > Interviews
  • Hazāras > Legal status, laws, etc
  • Refugees > Government policy > Australia
  • Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > Australia
  • Detention of persons > Australia
  • Noncitizen detention centers > Australia
Genre/Form
Interviews
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-156) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : from under a leaky roof ... -- 1. Intersections -- 2. The long journey to unlawful non-citizenship -- 3. Government's responses to refugees since 1970 -- 4. Conversations with refugees -- 5. ... and into the rain -- 6. Telling a different story : who could have been.
ISBN
  • 1921064366 (pbk.)
  • 9781921064364 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2006365647
OCLC
  • 65525966
  • SCSB-13340801
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library