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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.46,0:00:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a Hazara,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.55,0:00:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the homeland\Nof my people is Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.38,0:00:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like hundreds of thousands\Nof other Hazara kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.40,0:00:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in exile.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.16,0:00:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ongoing persecution\Nand operation against the Hazaras
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.37,0:00:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forced my parents to leave Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.96,0:00:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This persecution has had a long history\Ngoing back to the late 1800s,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.37,0:00:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rule of King Abdur Rahman.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.30,0:00:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He killed 63 percent of \Nthe Hazara population.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.90,0:00:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He built minarets with their heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.54,0:00:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Hazaras were sold into slavery,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.91,0:00:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many others fled the country\Nfor neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.20,0:00:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents also fled to Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.92,0:00:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and settled in Quetta, where I was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.92,0:00:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the September 11\Nattack on the Twin Towers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.86,0:00:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a chance to go to Afghanistan
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.64,0:00:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time,\Nwith foreign journalists.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.22,0:01:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was only 18, and I got a job\Nworking as an interpreter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.03,0:01:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After four years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.21,0:01:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt it was safe enough\Nto move to Afghanistan permanently,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.90,0:01:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was working there\Nas a documentary photographer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.52,0:01:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I worked on many stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.77,0:01:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most important\Nstories that I did
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.37,0:01:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the dancing boys of Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.09,0:01:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a tragic story about\Nan appalling tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.59,0:01:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It involves young kids\Ndancing for warlords
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.05,0:01:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and powerful men in the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.14,0:01:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These boys are often abducted\Nor bought from their poor parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.90,0:01:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are put to work as sex slaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.97,0:01:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Shukur.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.73,0:01:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was kidnapped from Kabul by a warlord.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.40,0:01:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was taken to another province,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.37,0:01:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he was forced to work as a sex slave\Nfor the warlord and his friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.13,0:01:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When this story was published\Nin the Washington Post,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.06,0:02:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started receiving death threats,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.38,0:02:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was forced to leave Afghanistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.12,0:02:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as my parents were.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.51,0:02:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along with my family,\NI returned back to Quetta.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.20,0:02:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The situation in Quetta had changed\Ndramatically since I left in 2005.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.61,0:02:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once a peaceful haven for the Hazaras,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.17,0:02:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it had now turned into the most\Ndangerous city in Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.60,0:02:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hazaras are confined into two small areas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.18,0:02:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are marginalized socially,\Neducationally, and financially.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.03,0:02:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Nadir.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.47,0:02:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had known him since my childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.47,0:02:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was injured when his van\Nwas ambushed by terrorists in Quetta.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.64,0:02:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He later died of his injuries.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.22,0:02:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around 1,600 Hazara members
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.01,0:02:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been killed in various attacks,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.63,0:02:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and around 3,000 of them were injured,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.53,0:02:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of them permanently disabled.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.78,0:03:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The attacks on the Hazara community\Nwould only get worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.08,0:03:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was not surprising\Nthat many wanted to flee.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.91,0:03:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.67,0:03:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Australia is home to the fourth largest\Npopulation of Hazaras in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.33,0:03:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it came time to leave Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.14,0:03:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Australia seemed the obvious choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.09,0:03:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Financially, only one of us could leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.09,0:03:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was decided that I would go,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.95,0:03:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hope that if I arrived\Nat my destination safely,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.30,0:03:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could work to get the rest\Nof my family to join me later.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.29,0:03:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all knew about the risks,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.87,0:03:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how terrifying the journey is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.84,0:03:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I met many people\Nwho lost loved ones at sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.42,0:03:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a desperate decision to take,\Nto leave everything behind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.80,0:03:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no one makes this decision easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.68,0:03:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had been able\Nto simply fly to Australia,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.87,0:03:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would have taken me\Nless than 24 hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.49,0:03:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But getting a visa was impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.58,0:04:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My journey was much longer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.69,0:04:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more complicated,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.94,0:04:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and certainly more dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.99,0:04:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traveling to Thailand by air,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.63,0:04:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then by road and boat\Nto Malaysia and into Indonesia,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.43,0:04:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paying people and smugglers all the way
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.84,0:04:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spending a lot of time hiding
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.58,0:04:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of time in fear of being caught.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.30,0:04:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Indonesia, I joined a group\Nof seven asylum seekers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.69,0:04:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all shared a bedroom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.24,0:04:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a town outside of Jakarta called Bogor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.12,0:04:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After spending a week in Bogor,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.42,0:04:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three of my roommates\Nleft for the perilous journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.87,0:04:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got the news two days later
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.70,0:04:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a distressed boat sank\Nin the sea en route to Christmas Island.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.51,0:04:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We found out that our three roommates --\NNawroz, Jaffar and Shabbir --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.27,0:04:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were also among those.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.22,0:04:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only Jaffar was rescued.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.66,0:04:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shabbir and Nawroz were never seen again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.25,0:05:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made me think,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.90,0:05:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am I doing the right thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.57,0:05:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I concluded I really had\Nno other choice but to go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.52,0:05:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few weeks later, we got the call\Nfrom the people smuggler
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.37,0:05:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to alert us that the boat is ready for us\Nto commence our sea journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.06,0:05:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taken in the night towards the main vessel
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.94,0:05:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a motorboat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.59,0:05:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we boarded an old fishing boat\Nthat was already overloaded.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.60,0:05:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were 93 of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.69,0:05:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were all below deck.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.67,0:05:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one was allowed up on the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.92,0:05:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all paid 6,000 dollars each
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.08,0:05:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this part of the trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.17,0:05:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first night and day went smoothly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.40,0:05:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by the second night, \Nthe weather turned.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.62,0:05:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Waves tossed the boat around,\Nand the timbers groaned.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.57,0:05:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People below deck were crying,\Npraying, recalling their loved ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.91,0:05:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were screaming.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.65,0:05:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a terrible moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.81,0:05:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like a scene from doomsday,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.76,0:06:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe like one of those scenes\Nfrom those Hollywood movies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.58,0:06:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that shows that everything\Nis breaking apart
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.79,0:06:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the world is just ending.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.22,0:06:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was happening to us for real.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.85,0:06:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't have any hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.19,0:06:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our boat was floating\Nlike a matchbox on the water
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.72,0:06:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without any control.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.86,0:06:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The waves were much higher than our boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.62,0:06:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the water poured in faster\Nthan the motor pumps could take it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.66,0:06:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all lost hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.51,0:06:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought, this is the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.95,0:06:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were watching our deaths,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.88,0:06:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was documenting it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.27,0:06:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The captain told us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.22,0:06:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are not going to make it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.59,0:06:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to turn back the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.77,0:06:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went on the deck
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.83,0:06:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turned our torches on and off
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.37,0:06:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to attract the attention\Nof any passing boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.26,0:07:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We kept trying to attract their attention\Nby waving our life jackets and whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.65,0:07:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, we made it to a small island.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.08,0:07:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our boat crashing onto the rocks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.34,0:07:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I slipped into the water
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.38,0:07:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and destroyed my camera,\Nwhatever I had documented.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.02,0:07:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But luckily, the memory card survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.79,0:07:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a thick forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.21,0:07:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all split up into many groups\Nas we argued over what to do next.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.96,0:07:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were all scared and confused.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.33,0:07:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, after spending\Nthe night on the beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.63,0:07:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found a jetty and coconuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.25,0:07:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hailed a boat from a nearby resort,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.25,0:07:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then were quickly handed over\Nto Indonesian water police.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.50,0:07:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Serang Detention Center,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.10,0:07:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an immigration officer came\Nand furtively strip-searched us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.16,0:08:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took our mobile, my $300 cash,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.53,0:08:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our shoes that we should not\Nbe able to escape,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.94,0:08:09.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we kept watching the guards,\Nchecking their movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.100,0:08:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and around 4 a.m.\Nwhen they sat around a fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.84,0:08:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we removed two glass layers\Nfrom an outside facing window
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.40,0:08:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and slipped through.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.92,0:08:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We climbed a tree next to an outer wall\Nthat was topped with the shards of glass.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.74,0:08:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We put the pillow on that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.04,0:08:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wrapped our forearms with bedsheets
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.57,0:08:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and climbed the wall,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.67,0:08:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ran away with bare feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.42,0:08:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was free,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.21,0:08:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an uncertain future,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.92,0:08:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no money.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.73,0:08:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing I had was the memory card\Nwith the pictures and footage.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.86,0:08:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my documentary was aired\Non SBS Dateline,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.28,0:08:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of my friends came to know\Nabout my situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.85,0:08:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they tried to help me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.71,0:09:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did not allow me to take\Nany other boat to risk my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.45,0:09:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also decided to stay in Indonesia\Nand process my case through UNHCR,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.95,0:09:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was really afraid\Nthat I would end up in Indonesia
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.81,0:09:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for many years doing nothing\Nand unable to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.46,0:09:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like every other asylum seeker.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.71,0:09:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it had happened to be\Na little bit different with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.93,0:09:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.92,0:09:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My contacts worked to expedite\Nmy case through UNHCR,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.38,0:09:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got resettled\Nin Australia in May 2013.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.12,0:09:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not every asylum seeker is lucky like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.30,0:09:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is really difficult to live a life\Nwith an uncertain fate, in limbo.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.59,0:09:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue of asylum seekers in Australia
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.42,0:09:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been so extremely politicized
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.14,0:09:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it has lost its human face.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.27,0:10:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The asylum seekers have been demonized\Nand then presented to the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.37,0:10:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope my story and the story\Nof other Hazaras
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.91,0:10:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could shed some light to show the people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.96,0:10:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how these people are suffering\Nin their countries of origin,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.26,0:10:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how they suffer,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.18,0:10:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why they risk their lives to seek asylum.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.92,0:10:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.43,0:10:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)