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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Australia’s hardline deportation policy leaves no room for second chances

Mystery Sixtus in her flat in Auckland, New Zealand
Mystery ‘Missy’ Sixtus in her flat in Auckland, New Zealand. Sixtus was seven years old when she moved to Australia. Photograph: Fiona Goodall/The Guardian

Mystery “Missy” Sixtus was just seven when she moved to Australia, too young to know about becoming an Australian citizen. When she was a teenager, she started hanging around a rough crowd.

“I screwed up,” Sixtus says. “I started to get into trouble.”

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