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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Rafqa Touma

‘If I didn’t have kids, I am dead’: Jasmine’s dreams turned into nightmare six weeks after arriving in Australia

A mother playing with her baby girl
In its first year, the Adira Centre has directly supported about 450 women and children across 20 different languages. Its information sessions on domestic and family violence have reached about 1,000 people. Composite: Getty images

Jasmine* arrived in Australia two years ago expecting to marry the partner who brought her here. After six weeks, “things changed drastically”.

“He started to abuse me, abuse my children,” she says.

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