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    Rebekah Holt

    is a Melbourne-based journalist who covers immigration and politics for the Australian and New Zealand media.

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    podcast June 15, 2021

    The Biloela family speaks out

    Speaking from a hospital in Perth, Priya Murugappan details her daughter’s sickness and her family’s struggle in detention. More than three years after they were taken from their home in Biloela, the Tamil family just want to be settled.

    News May 01, 2021

    Asylum seekers attacked in Port Moresby

    Refugees formerly held on Manus Island have been robbed at gunpoint in Port Moresby. With Covid-19 cases rising in Papua New Guinea, advocates fear for these men and the others still awaiting resettlement after years in detention.

    News June 12, 2021

    Sick, trapped, scared: Priya speaks from Perth hospital

    As her daughter battles sepsis, Priya Murugappan talks to The Saturday Paper about the four-year-old’s dramatic health decline while held in immigration detention.

    News April 04, 2020

    New fears for asylum seekers in PNG and Nauru

    In the wake of Covid-19, the US refugee resettlement program has been suspended and advocates have serious fears for those stuck in offshore detention in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

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