‘Finally I can buy a candle’: 61-year-old refugee released after nine years in Australian detention
by Saba Vasefi from World news | The Guardian on (#5TDG3)
Masoumeh Torkpour, held since fleeing Iran in 2011, given accommodation in Melbourne hotel after being freed but told she must find new home
A 61-year-old refugee who had been held for more than nine years in Australian immigration detention has finally been granted a three-year temporary protection visa.
Masoumeh Torkpour fled Iran in 2011 and has been in detention ever since. In 2018 she was granted refugee status and a refugee tribunal found that she should be issued a temporary protection visa because her mental health issues - including OCD, depression and adjustment disorder - were being exacerbated by conditions in detention.
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