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Man:
Hi, my name is Riz Wakil. I’m a refugee from Afghanistan. This is my wife Safia. This is my elder daughter Arleen. And this is my little one Ariann. She will be three in August.

Narrator:
Each year Australia resettles over twelve thousand refugees who have faced persecution in their home country.

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Man:
I think it’s important to understand the experiences that refugee students and their families have been through because if we don’t understand then it’s really hard to be able to support them in ways that are meaningful and effective.

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Girl:
My name is Chico Mikalano Nyembo. I’m from Congo. I go to Fairfield High School, I’m in Year 12.

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Woman:
My name is Nooria Wazefadost and I came from Afghanistan from Bamiyan. I came in September, 2000 by boat to Australia.

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Woman:
My name is Zainab Kaabi and I came to Australia in 2000 from Iran.

Student:
My name is Mena Samoel. I’m from Iraq. I arrived to Australia in 2011.

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Woman:
My name is Eh So Gay Zu and I arrived in Australia in 2007. I came with my Dad, my Mum and altogether six children.

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Narrator:
‘Roads to Refuge’ will explore how refugees and their families have been forced to flee their home countries, their journeys to find refuge and their experience of life in Australia.

Woman:
It’s important for everyone to learn about refugee issues because there are so many misconceptions out there.

Man:
People saying that ‘Why the refugee is not staying in their own country’? And why they’re jumping the queue and coming to Australia?

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Man:
I left my country when I was four years old because of the war, that’s not a safe place for us.

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Woman:
I think it’s something that any of us would do just to protect yourself, protect your kids, just have a normal life.

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