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Behrouz Boochani was told he would never set foot in Australia. He just did
Behrouz Boochani has entered Australia three years after Peter Dutton said he would not be allowed to do so. But the Kurdish writer says his arrival should not be perceived as an achievement.
Kurdish refugee and writer Behrouz Boochani has landed in Australia years after the previous government insisted he would never be permitted to do so.
– Rayane Tamer, Sean Wales
– SBS
Mr Boochani, who now lives in New Zealand, arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon to promote his new book, Freedom Only Freedom.
It’s been three years since the Liberal Party’s then-immigration minister…