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How the Tampa affair changed Australia’s stance on asylum seekers
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:44:39
Publish Date: 2021-08-25 17:30:25
Description: As Australian forces struggle to evacuate thousands of Afghan nationals fleeing the Taliban, Full Story marks the 20-year anniversary of the Tampa affair. Afghan refugee Abbas Nazari, then a seven-year-old child on the MV Tampa, and Guardian journalist David Marr remember the humanitarian and political crisis that has shaped Australia’s policies on asylum seekers and their claims to this day
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