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Iranian asylum seeker on bridging visa wants permanency in Australia to care for her sick daughter
Elham Amareh is used to feeling fear and uncertainty, having fled Iran with her husband, son and daughter and making the treacherous journey to Australia by boat in 2013.
“My family is very strict with religion, and I didn’t follow my religion, and because I lose my hijab and lose my religion [sic], I cannot go back,” she said.
- Isabel Dayman
- ABC
“If I return to my country, they will kill me straight away, and they will kill my daughter as well.”
Ms Amareh has lived in Australia for a decade now, but her attempts to secure a protection visa have been denied.
Instead, her family has lived on six-month bridging visas for most of that time.
Life’s uncertainties became…