To a New Year…

December and January have always felt like special months to me! In December 2015, I moved and started a life…

What is truly a ‘fast-tracking’ refugee process?

These are the steps involved in seeking asylum in Australia as outlined in the article published by the UNSW. The…

3 years I have been in Australia today…Happy anniversary to me. Three years I have waited to be invited for…

With a backpack, I went to Lentara Uniting Office at the Brunswick office. I had a meeting to fill out…

Worried, distressed, agitated, I started feeling the pressure on not knowing where I was going to live for the next…

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Profile created. Smile photo added. I started chatting with strangers. I needed to talk to people, interact, and potentially make…

Some people that I meet say they are surprised that I am seeking asylum…I’m too cool for that sh**. But…

I was about to be independent and start a new life on my own. Really ALONE. It really sounded exciting…

Maybe my life would have been different then. If I was a strawberry or an au pair… I could have…