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DiscriminationHazara People International Network’s Resolution Statement and Call for Protest in London
We will trial the corrupt and inefficient government of Afghanistan in London! Brothers, sisters and justice seeker compatriots living in the European countries, As you know, Ashraf Ghani will come to the UK to participate...
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AustraliaCommunity Spirit
Fatima Shafaie’s work with refugees is an example for Australians to follow. As a child, Fatima Shafaie used to lay out newspapers at home and read them like a newsreader. “It was a very unconscious...
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RefugeesHow refugee and Nauru detainee Nabi Baqiri became a fruit-picking millionaire
By Alana Rosenbaum Nabi Baqiri is paying for a tractor part and chainsaw to use in his Shepparton orchard. The former refugee hands over a cheque and asked the sales assistant to fill in the date and transaction amount....
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RefugeesAustria holds refugee talks as young Hazaras flee persecution to make ‘dangerous’ journey to Europe
PHOTO: A Hazara girl waits outside the Traiskirchen refugee reception centre south of Vienna. (Kim Traill)RELATED STORY: Thousands protest in Afghanistan against Hazara killingsMAP: Austria By Kim Traill As refugees continue to flow into Europe...
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Refugees‘If I’m not accepted as a refugee I’ll die in Afghanistan’
By Laura Dean, Darya, from Herat, Afghanistan, photographed at an informal encampment on the Greek island of Lesbos. LESBOS, Greece — “My friends call me ‘Darya.’ It means ‘sea,’” says a young university student from Afghanistan....
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NewsDesperate journeys: Persecuted Hazara flee Afghanistan
By Kevin Kusmez Facing discrimination and a lack of opportunity, ethnic Hazara are among those landing on the Greek island of Lesbos. At least 16 people drowned and dozens went missing last week after overcrowded...
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AustraliaHazara refugee now doctor tells modern day refugee success story
By Tony Moore Afghanistani refugee Dr Homa Forotan came to Brisbane in 2005 and is working towards becoming a cardiologist. Photo: Michelle Smith Hazara refugee, now doctor Homa Forotan is just one Brisbane example of...
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RefugeesHazara asylum seeker feared dead after self-immolation during video call
By Melissa Davey Khodayar Amini was speaking with refugee advocates on Sunday when he threatened to take his own life, before self-immolating on camera Khodayar Amini, who is feared dead, told refugee advocates he feared...
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AustraliaMore than 20,000 asylum seekers receive work rights after years living in forced destitution
By Nick Toscano, Workplace Reporter Asylum seeker Hamid, a Hazara Afghan, received work rights three weeks ago and is now working as a paver and a bricklayer. Photo: Simon Schluter How sweet it is to...
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AustraliaAsylum seekers’ plight in focus at insightful breakfast
By Dr. Marco Ceccarelli Ashraff Mohammad has experienced first-hand what it means to be the member of a persecuted minority. He recently shared his story at Conversations About People Seeking Asylum in Australia breakfast, held...
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