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Katherine Biber, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney

Interned as ‘enemy aliens’ in Australia, these WWII refugees built their own universities

Orange internment camp, New South Wales, photographed in June 1940. National Archives Australia, CC BY

Between transit, immigration detention and life in camps, most refugees and asylum seekers are denied reliable ongoing access to education.

In response, some refugees set up schools for themselves. For instance, in 2014, Afghan Hazara refugees established a school in the West Java town of Cisarua – which has since expanded into a network. It’s one example from a long tradition.

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