Asylum seeker walking 1,000km from Ballarat to Sydney to raise awareness about temporary protection visas

Neil Para and his wife and two eldest children have been on a temporary protection visa since they arrived in Australia in 2012

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For 11 years, Neil Para's life has been riddled with uncertainty.

He fled war-torn Sri Lanka for Malaysia in 2008 in search of a safer life for his growing family, temporarily leaving his pregnant wife behind.

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