Desert Storm - detainee letters 1

Detainee's Letters

I am 17 years old with my dad, mom, sister (13) and little brother (3). We are Iranian. We are one year and five month in the Woomera camp. In the camp nothing for us. We are tired. But Government Australia don't believe it. Why?

Hello. I am human and I love humans. Do you think all of us are human? Because we had a hand, eyes, leg, ear, nose etc. Regrettably policy's word destroy humanity. Unfortunately the continent that named why Australia his government are fighting against a few asylum seekers left without home. What do you think is this really humanity. Always simple humans are loser in their life, because who can make lie unfair get rid from this camp. This is DIMA's rules. Remainders will be burn. Because they told their real problems and they can't go back to home and then they must waiting for years or maybe forever or for death.
Unless the human how much does He has power. Did we make from Iron? The days, the days, the repeated are killing us we had lost hope, wish, mentality, mind, think, enjoy, love and else. Unless the one human, how many times they won't kill. Please shoot us and make an end of this movie. I am really sorry about writing this letter because I never was a good writer. Good luck. Hope to people, hope to future.

Thanks for your letter and sorry for delaying in respond. You might be aware that we had facing suffocation after being created disaster by entire ill management. I want you to realise and pass on to media that last week critical incident appeared after two detainees being bashed to unconscious by the security guards and one detainee was bashed very badly while he was trying to suicide with cutting his neck with given plastic knife for evening meal and blood was running everywhere. I am preparing to describe in detail which I will raise later this week. I want to tell you this detention will be closed in June and we might be transferred to Pt Augusta. I will let you know whenever we will be moved. I am grateful for work you are doing in relation to support refugees. I wish you best for future and wish to be happy in future and now goodbye.

I am from Afghanistan. I am here for one year. I hope you realise me. The DIMA reject me because of the current situation of Afghanistan. As you know there no peace in Afghanistan. I got information from BBC Radio there is starting war again between warlords. These warlords are the previous criminal that killed 50,000 people in Kabul in 1992-1996. How we can live with these criminal? Is that fair to I go back to Afghanistan? I am very upset now.

I'm a 27 years old Afghan refugee. I'm married and I have 3 children aged 7 to 3 years. I used to be a signwriter in my city Kandahar, so I am male. I arrived to Australia one and a half years ago. My application for protection visa rejected by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and the RRT (Refugee Review Tribunal). Ten months ago and then four and a half months ago I wrote to the Minister Phillip Ruddock, but still I didn't received any answer. I like painting and making good landscapes by oil colour. I like to be free in a good city of Australia and to make too many paintings.

I am very happy and hopeful to life when I see Australians people are goodness and kindness that they thinking of us because we are captive in the cage guiltless so hopeless. If you want to know I am young man 30 years old. From my job cloth business I had many problems in my country. I suffering so much, my trip full of trouble, so that I saw death with my eyes until I arrived to Australia. I was happy because arrived to the country that it respects human rights but regretful it appeared with more bad situations in this place. I mean is policy's Government honourable that kept humans like zoo animals for along times? I believed Australian's people and trust them and love them. I have a family. I can't go back to Iran cause same problems there. If I want to explain my story is a book. I am looking everyday suicide, hang themselves, cut themselves, even children, and take many tablets for calm and nervous, drinking shampoo. Also me take tablets and then will be involved physical diseases. We don't like violence. Do you know who are responsible this acts? Is this human rights? Is this Australia country's proud? Do they think we didn't make from meat, skin, bone. The humans who didn't any guilty must stay in imprisonment. Reality is acrimonious for case officer and made decision upon his desire because just have to go to a civilised country and cultured like Australia. Meanwhile thankyou for pray. Those are confidence for us maybe God help us and get rid of cage.

I am the saddest man in the world. Because I have lost all my family. But differently I came to Australia. It is about nine month that I have been in this centre. The thing which I have always is my tears. Since I have been here I have no any close friend to tell my story. I want to tell a few about myself. I am Afghan Tajik ethnicity. Age 26. I am educated person. My duty was as teacher in Afghanistan. I am a good sportsman too and addition I am a singer as well. But now I became a guilt person. I need somebody from outside to hear my story and visit me here. I will be very happy please is there is anybody to read this letter in come here. I will be thankful.

Hello, How are you? Thanks for your letter and your help. I am very happy that I have a friend like you who is worried about us. My name is ***************, I am 33 years old. I came from Afghanistan with my husband. We stay here for ten months at the Woomera Detention centre. We don't have children. All the people that live in the centre have a very hard situation in this cage. They are unhealthy and many in the past have cut themselves and drink shampoo or jumping from the fence. Best wishes for you and all the Australian people who like to help us refugees.