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Sahar won a scholarship to study law at uni – but then the Australian government stepped in
When the refugee reached 18 and left high school, her right to earn a degree was suddenly withdrawn
When the email arrived, everything changed.
- Ben Doherty
- The Guardian
“Congratulations, you have been … ” The rest of the words swam away through tears.
After the confusion of being forced to flee a violent homeland as a child, after the trauma of five years held on Nauru, Sahar Ghasemi had been accepted into university in Australia.
She would study law on a full scholarship.
“I was sitting here crying my eyes out, because I had achieved something for myself, Sahar says.
“I had been allowed to. It was the greatest feeling.
“As a refugee, I’d…