#BehrouzBoochani: “I saw that #Dickens did some advocating at the time against such #prisons. I read his quote and he said something that was very similar to what [senator] #NickMcKim said in parliament.

“It is like #Australia didn’t learn any lessons from the past, it has the same mentality still – and the same system of controlling prisoners as it had in that prison from the 1830s and '40s.”

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/writing-and-fighting-what-behrouz-boochani-did-next-20230206-p5ci7e.html

Labor’s day of ‘exquisite ironies’, hypocrisy and disappointment https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/02/08/labor-hypocrisy-refugees-nauru/ #BehrouzBoochani #laborgovernment #refugeepolicy #AndrewWilkie #DavidPocock #HelenHaines #words_1000 #NickMcKim #Analysis #Politics #auspol #Nauru

“I came here last month and I've been in shock to see homeless people on the street in this country," said Boochani, who admitted he was "angry".

"These #politicians, they are all talking about #housing, but actually they will spend more than $40 billion on those islands, and that money went to the pocket of security companies.

"And now I find it ridiculous that last week this government made a contract with an American company, with $420 million, just to keep 70 people on #Nauru, and those people are on Nauru for almost 10 years.” — #BehrouzBoochani

#housing / #australia / #refugees / #resources <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-07/behrouz-boochani-attacks-labor-stephen-jones-qa/101938130>

Look, I found a new limerick in Pete's Rubbish Bin!

*grinding teeth angrily in the shadows*

“An ocean he desperately crossed.
In prison a hero was tossed.
I had no self-doubt.
I swore he’d stay out.
Boochani, you won, and I lost.”

#SeethingSpud #BehrouzBoochani #auspol #limerick #poetry #humour #joke #funny

#BehrouzBoochani in Sydney. Amazing to see it.

Just a fabulous piece.
Behrouz Boochani, welcome to Australia.
Your story is our story.

#BehrouzBoochani #AsylumSeekers #Refugees #Detention #auspol

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/08/behrouz-boochani-in-australia-some-of-those-politicians-who-barred-me-are-gone-but-i-am-here?CMP=share_btn_tw&s=09

Still can't quite believe that #BehrouzBoochani is here... looking forward to seeing him speak at UNSW next week!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/08/behrouz-boochani-in-australia-some-of-those-politicians-who-barred-me-are-gone-but-i-am-here