An Iranian refugee’s lived experience of Australia’s brutal mandatory offshore detention laws

The story of Leila Beigli is as heartbreaking as it is powerful. An Iranian refugee who fled oppression, Leila and her 9-year-old son thought they had left the worst behind when they arrived at Christmas Island in 2013. But what followed was an unimaginable ordeal as they were forced into the detention centre on Nauru. … Continue reading An Iranian refugee’s lived experience of Australia’s brutal mandatory offshore detention laws