I grew up in Afghanistan, where my people, the Hazara, have been persecuted for hundreds of years. As a child, my school was burnt down and no Hazara were allowed to get an education. We were very poor due to the...
Refugee stories
Dabessa’s story
My name is Dabessa and I am an Australian citizen, originally from Oromia, Ethiopia. My wife and I are members of the Oromo community, a group that have been persecuted in our home country for many years. In Ethiopia...
Aduc’s story
Aduc fled the civil war in Sudan to Ethiopia and then Kenya before coming to Australia, where she works as a nurse in Gosford.
