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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Saba Vasefi

Families seek UN help over Australia’s notorious refugee policies

Australia's hardline refugee policies mean some people will never be allowed to settle in in Australia [Supplied]

For nearly a decade, Australia’s notorious hardline asylum regime has forcibly separated refugee families. But a group of refugees are now challenging the practice of family separation through the United Nations.

Maya*, who is 35 years old, and her mother and siblings fled Iran in 2012, arriving in Australia a year later after an arduous journey through Malaysia and Indonesia.

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