16 Aug 2023

Australian government's settlement with family of refugee

From , 6:01 am on 16 August 2023
Refugees protest at their Brisbane hotel.

Refugees protest at their Brisbane hotel. Photo: Hakeem Kakar

The Australian government has struck a confidential settlement with the mother of a 23-year-old refugee who was beaten to death by guards at an Australian-run detention centre in Papua New Guinea in 2014.

Refugee action coalition's Ian Rintoul told RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis it brings a little bit of closure for the family of Reza Barati

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