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The Wait

  • Mozhgan Moarefizadeh and her family fled Iran in 2013 and have since been living in Jakarta

    The Wait part 5: don't forget to smile

    In the fifth part of our series examining the plight of refugees in Indonesia, we hear the story of what has happened to Mozhgan’s family
  • Abdullah Sarwari co-founded Refugee Learning Centre, Cisarua when he was 15, and went on to become the centre manager

    The Wait part 4: if there is a God

    In the fourth part of our series examining the plight of refugees in Indonesia, we look at how, in their quest to cope, some are taking matters into their own hands
  • Refugees and asylum seekers holding a hunger strike in front of UNHCR offices, Jakarta

    The Wait part 3: the place where we are kept

    Who’s on the streets and why are they willing to risk it all to raise their voices?
  • Iranian refugees, Hussein Badavi and Mozhgan Moarefizadeh met on a boat attempting to get to Australia in 2013. They've been in Indonesia ever since.

    The Wait part 2: we say it's chance

    Mozhgan takes Nicole to visit Hussein in West Jakarta, where he lives with his dad in a small room. How has Australia shaped their lives, even though they never got there?
  • Mozhgan Moaefizadeh and her family fled Iran in 2013 and have been living in Jakarta since

    The wait: Indonesia's refugees describe life stuck in an interminable limbo

    Australia’s border policies continue to be felt in a country where almost 14,000 refugees and asylum seekers endure a ‘painful, hopeful wait’ to be resettled
  • Refugees and asylum seekers demonstrating in front of UNHCR, Makassar, Indonesia

    The Wait part 1: a paradox and a dilemma

    Mozhgan Moarefizadeh is stuck in Jakarta. With journalist Nicole Curby she brings you into the lives of refugees like her, trapped on Australia’s new borderline in Indonesia
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