'Am I illegal? Am I different?': the future is uncertain even after detention

Despite being granted refugee status after spending time in Nauru, Betelhem Zeleke remains on a bridging visa

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Betelhem Zeleke still doesn't know why she was released from Brisbane immigration transit accommodation on 1 April 2017. After more than three years in detention - one in Nauru and two in Brisbane - the Ethiopian refugee was suddenly free to go: They just told me: Get out from [here].' They released everyone, so I was the only one left."

Zeleke was 21 when she fled Ethiopia in 2013 because of political unrest. She made her way to Indonesia and then left for Darwin by boat.