Iranian refugee Hossein Latifi is one of nine people released from Melbourne’s Park hotel a fortnight after 50 others were freed
But it was the detention of tennis great, Novak Djokovic, at the facility earlier this year that brought theLatifi says his time in detention hardened him but there were moments when he felt overwhelmed by the uncertainty stretching in front of him.
Sister Brigid Arthur, the project coordinator of the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project, says when refugees are released they still face uncertainty. They receive temporary bridging visas, a small amount of money and two weeks’ accommodation. “We’ve housed between 40 and 50 people and we’re a small non-for-profit organisation that relies on donations,” Arthur says. “They need to be able to access the services [such as Centrelink] that are available to Australians.”
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