Italian
Behrouz Boochani ha appena festeggiato il suo 37° compleanno e ora ha ottenuto la libertà dopo aver richiesto con successo asilo in Nuova Zelanda.
L'anno scorso il giornalista curdo-iraniano ha lasciato la Papua Nuova Guinea per parlare al festival degli scrittori di Christchurch e ora ha detto a SBS News del suo sollievo visto che il lungo viaggio è finalmente finito.
“And I feel it is an end of a chapter of my life, and the beginning of a new chapter.”
Boochani ha trascorso anni nel sistema di immigrazione offshore dell'Australia.
E’ ancora dispiaciuto per i suoi amici rimasti in detenzione, perché affrontano ancora un futuro incerto.
“So it is a tragedy and that's why I'm not sure, you know. Just I look at myself only as part of this struggle so we are too many, I mean the refugees and people who are fighting against the system and I am only one of them.”
L’organizzazione per i diritti umani Amnesty international ha elogiato la Nuova Zelanda per aver dato allo scrittore una protezione permanente.
Tim O'Connor di Amnesty afferma che continuerà a combattere per le persone bloccate in Papua Nuova Guinea e a Nauru.
“There is certainly celebration for Behrouz and celebration for the refugee system working but there is huge concern and real anger really at Australia's ongoing policy which is a breach of international human rights.”
L'organizzazione chiede al governo australiano di riportare in salvo migliaia di rifugiati che si trovano in aree extraterritoriali per poter ricostruire le loro vite.
O'Connor è preoccupato per le oltre 300 persone ancora parte nel sistema.
“There are enormous psychosocial problems, psychological issues . They really need to get to safety and there are alternatives available. Amnesty has worked hard to ensure those alternatives are available and getting Behrouz to New Zealand is another example of an alternative that exists.”
Secondo l’Asylum Seeker Resource Centre il caso Boochani mostra che esiste l'opportunità per reinsediare persone in Nuova Zelanda.
Il senatore dei Verdi Nick McKim afferma che la decisione mostra vera compassione da parte di un governo.
Il Ministero dell’Immigrazione in Nuova Zelanda afferma che Boochani è stato riconosciuto come rifugiato ai sensi della Convenzione del 1951 relativa allo status dei rifugiati e al suo protocollo del 1967.
SBS ha contattato il Dipartimento degli Affari Interni per un commento.
Boochani sta attualmente collaborando con l'Università di Canterbury e ha intenzione di continuare a scrivere.
English
Behrouz Boochani has just celebrated his 37th birthday and now he's won freedom after successfully claiming asylum in New Zealand.
Last year, the Kurdish Iranian journalist left Papua New Guinea to speak at a writer's festival in Christchurch.
And now he's told SBS News of his relief that the long journey is finally over.
“And I feel it is an end of a chapter of my life, and the beginning of a new chapter.”
Mr Boochani spent years in Australia's offshore immigration system.
He remains upset about his friends left behind in detention because they still face an uncertain future.
“So it is a tragedy and that's why I'm not sure, you know. Just I look at myself only as part of this struggle so we are too many, I mean the refugees and people who are fighting against the system and I am only one of them.”
Human rights group Amnesty international has praised New Zealand for giving the writer permanent protection.
Amnesty's Tim O'Connor says it will keep fighting for people trapped in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
“There is certainly celebration for Behrouz and celebration for the refugee system working but there is huge concern and real anger really at Australia's ongoing policy which is a breach of international human rights.”
The organisation is calling on the Australian government to return thousands of refugees located offshore to safety so they can rebuild their lives.
Mr O'Connor is concerned for the more than 300 people still caught up in the system.
“There are enormous psychosocial problems, psychological issues . They really need to get to safety and there are alternatives available. Amnesty has worked hard to ensure those alternatives are available and getting Behrouz to New Zealand is another example of an alternative that exists.”
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says Mr Boochani's case shows there is an opportunity to resettle people in New Zealand.
Greens Senator Nick McKim says the decision shows true compassion from a government.
Immigration New Zealand says Mr Boochani has been recognised as a refugee under the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees and its 1967 protocol.
SBS contacted the Home Affairs Department for comment.
Mr Boochani is currently working with the University of Canterbury and he plans to keep writing.
Report by Stephanie Corsetti and Nakari Thorpe
