Many lost years in detention; others have given up hope of ever holding their wife or children again. A new report argues Australia is engaging in a ‘strategic, deliberate and coercive campaign’ to separate refugee families

Nayser Ahmed, his wife and two children, fled together.

As members of the violently persecuted Rohingya ethnic minority, their homeland, Myanmar, would never be safe.

Related: 'Somewhere to call home': helping stateless children realise their right to Australian citizenship

Related: 'Suffered more than many': how Canada and Europe are resettling Australia’s refugees

I am here, my body is here, but my mind and heart are not here. They are always with my family

Related: ‘I never felt alone’: refugee Mostafa Azimitabar on justice, Jimmy Barnes and freedom after eight years

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