{"id":145682,"date":"2021-05-01T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/may\/02\/the-refugees-torn-from-loved-ones-by-australias-cruel-family-separations"},"modified":"2021-05-01T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T20:00:12","slug":"the-refugees-torn-from-loved-ones-by-australias-cruel-family-separations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/05\/01\/the-refugees-torn-from-loved-ones-by-australias-cruel-family-separations\/","title":{"rendered":"The refugees torn from loved ones by Australia\u2019s \u2018cruel\u2019 family separations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 \u2018strategic, deliberate and coercive campaign\u2019 to separate refugee families<\/p>
Nayser Ahmed, his wife and two children, fled together.<\/p>
As members of the violently persecuted Rohingya ethnic minority, their homeland, Myanmar, would never be safe.<\/p>
Related: <\/span>'Somewhere to call home': helping stateless children realise their right to Australian citizenship<\/a> <\/p> Related: <\/span>'Suffered more than many': how Canada and Europe are resettling Australia\u2019s refugees<\/a> <\/p> I am here, my body is here, but my mind and heart are not here. They are always with my family<\/p> Related: <\/span>\u2018I never felt alone\u2019: refugee Mostafa Azimitabar on justice, Jimmy Barnes and freedom after eight years<\/a> <\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n