My father came to Australia by boat in 2001, just before the government stopped processing asylum seeker visas for refugees who had arrived by boat. Every time I think about that, it just amazes me because if we’d arrived even one month later, our lives would’ve been completely different. We really dodged a bullet.
I was 8 when we arrived in Adelaide, and it was an amazing feeling seeing my father again after so long. As soon as I saw him, I felt so happy. I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew that things were . . .