Kurdish-Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani has been granted refugee status in New Zealand
Boochani arrived in New Zealand about eight months ago to speak at a literary festival, and has stayed in the country despite his visitor visa expiring.
Boochani, a Kurdish Iranian, was held on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island after being plucked from a refugee boat on its way to Australia in 2013. He described his journey and the conditions in detention in his book, “No Friends but the Mountains”, written on his phone and sent via Whatsapp to a publisher in Australia. The book won one of Australia’s top literary prizes this year.
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