based on the Storyville documentary shown on Nov.! (Remove filter)
REFUGEE CAMPS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
They came in boats to Australia's shores
with dread and hope and trauma
an embarrassment to that settled land
then stripped of human dignity
the refugees were escorted away
to where the all embracing ocean
surrounded them with callous emotion
on hold but not have under canvas
the threads of a future to weave a home
and herded like Australian cattle
with...
Wednesday 2nd November 2016 10:18 pm
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