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The human cost of refugee bans

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Published: 25 February 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Denied refuge in Australia and murdered in Auschwitz - the human cost of refugee bans — Mireille Juchau — Amnesty Australia 21.02.17
After my great grandparents were denied asylum in Australia they were murdered in Auschwitz… The danger of not hearing from the victims of persecution, Hannah Arendt observed, is that we only see what the perpetrators wish us to, through their ‘distorted eyes’.

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