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After the Tampa : from Afghanistan to New Zealand / Abbas Nazari.

"The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highlighting the plight and potential of refugees everywhere. Escaping from Taliban persecution in Afghanistan, Abbas Nazari's parents fled the country in 2001 to find a safe place in which to bring up their children. Their six-month journey through Pakistan and Indonesia searching for asylum culminated in being crammed onto a small fishing boat with 426 other asylum seekers. When that boat started to sink in the Indian Ocean, they were mercifully rescued by a Norwegian cargo boat, the Tampa. The Tampa owners expected to deliver the refugees to Australia but were told they were not welcome there. This sparked an international incident between Australia, Norway and Indonesia over responsibility for these people, leaving them stranded on the boat and eventually being sent to Nauru Island. New Zealand offered to take 150 of them, including Abbas and his family. It's now 20 years since this happened and Abbas tells his story, from the Taliban's horrendous rule in Afghanistan to his family's desperate search for safety to how this became an international political hot issue to settling and growing up in far-off New Zealand. It's also the story of the other children and families who were resettled here."

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Adult nonfiction   City Branch . . On Loan . 26 Apr 2024
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Field name Details
ISBN 9781988547640 (paperback)
1988547644 (paperback)
Dewey 920
Author Nazari, Abbas author.
Title After the Tampa : from Afghanistan to New Zealand / Abbas Nazari.
Published Auckland, New Zealand : Allen & Unwin, 2021.
Physical description 367 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, colour portraits ; 24 cm.
General note "Escaping the Taliban as a young child, adrift at sea as a refugee for weeks, and finding home in Aotearoa"--Cover.
Summary "The heart-rending story of a child 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highlighting the plight and potential of refugees everywhere. Escaping from Taliban persecution in Afghanistan, Abbas Nazari's parents fled the country in 2001 to find a safe place in which to bring up their children. Their six-month journey through Pakistan and Indonesia searching for asylum culminated in being crammed onto a small fishing boat with 426 other asylum seekers. When that boat started to sink in the Indian Ocean, they were mercifully rescued by a Norwegian cargo boat, the Tampa. The Tampa owners expected to deliver the refugees to Australia but were told they were not welcome there. This sparked an international incident between Australia, Norway and Indonesia over responsibility for these people, leaving them stranded on the boat and eventually being sent to Nauru Island. New Zealand offered to take 150 of them, including Abbas and his family. It's now 20 years since this happened and Abbas tells his story, from the Taliban's horrendous rule in Afghanistan to his family's desperate search for safety to how this became an international political hot issue to settling and growing up in far-off New Zealand. It's also the story of the other children and families who were resettled here."
Subject Nazari, Abbas
Fulbright scholars -- New Zealand -- Biography
Boat people -- Government policy -- Australia
Asylum, Right of -- Australia -- Government policy
Refugee children -- Afghanistan -- Biography
Refugees -- New Zealand -- Biography
Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Biography
Autobiographies
Biographies
Afghanistan
New Zealand
Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
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