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MARC 21

After the tampa
Tag	Description
020	$a9781991006530
082	$aBIOG 325 NAZ
100	$aNazari, Abbas
245	$aAfter the tampa
260	$aSydney, NSW:$bAllen & Unwin,$c2023.
300	$a349 pages,$c20cm.
520	$a"When the Taliban were at the height of their power in 2001, Abbas Nazari's parents were faced with a choice: stay and face persecution in their homeland, or seek security for their young children elsewhere. The family's desperate search for safety took them on a harrowing journey from the mountains of Afghanistan to a small fishing boat in the Indian Ocean, crammed with more than 400 other asylum seekers. When their boat started to sink, they were mercifully saved by a cargo ship, the Tampa. However, one of the largest maritime rescues in modern history quickly turned into an international stand-off, as Australia closed its doors to these asylum seekers. The Tampa had waded into the middle of Australia's national election, sparking their hardline policy of offshore detention. While many of those rescued by the Tampa were the first inmates sent to the island of Nauru, Abbas and his family were some of the lucky few to be resettled in New Zealand. More than twenty years after the Tampa affair, Abbas tells his amazing story, from living under Taliban rule to spending a terrifying month at sea, and then building a new life at the bottom of the world."
650	$aAsylum seekers$vMemoir.
650	$aAfghanistan$vMemoir.
650	$aNational policies$vConsequences.