Hazara Refugee Nadir Sadiqi Fears Deportation As Visa Decision Looms

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 03: Nadir Sadiqi has a morning cup of tea at his temporary apartment on August 3, 2015 in Brisbane, Australia. Nadir Sadiqi, 32, father of three young children believes he will certainly be killed if returned to Afghanistan by the Australian Government. Under recent amendments to the Migration Act, he was informed that his visas were valid until August 6 and then he would have to leave the country. A Hazara refugee, Nadir arrived in Australia by boat in 2010 going on to spend over two years in detention on Christmas Island, Scherger detention centre and at community detention in Brisbane. During a violent massacre against Hazaras in his home province of Oruzgan in 1998 his father was murdered and two brothers captured, presumed killed. In 2008 Nadir was badly attacked by the Taliban and later fled to Pakistan with his family. Facing an uncertain future in Pakistan his family sold all their valuables and spent their savings, $15,000 for Nadir to risk the journey to Australia by boat. Over the past three years Nadir has taught himself English and communicates when he can but often sporadically with his remaining family in Pakistan. He currently lives in temporary accommodation and finds some comfort in playing the dombura. When asked about the instrument he fondly recalls a time when as a young boy he would sneak off to the woods to play the flute and the dombura with friends, known to be banned by the Taliban. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 03: Nadir Sadiqi has a morning cup of tea at his temporary apartment on August 3, 2015 in Brisbane, Australia. Nadir Sadiqi, 32, father of three young children believes he will certainly be killed if returned to Afghanistan by the Australian Government. Under recent amendments to the Migration Act, he was informed that his visas were valid until August 6 and then he would have to leave the country. A Hazara refugee, Nadir arrived in Australia by boat in 2010 going on to spend over two years in detention on Christmas Island, Scherger detention centre and at community detention in Brisbane. During a violent massacre against Hazaras in his home province of Oruzgan in 1998 his father was murdered and two brothers captured, presumed killed. In 2008 Nadir was badly attacked by the Taliban and later fled to Pakistan with his family. Facing an uncertain future in Pakistan his family sold all their valuables and spent their savings, $15,000 for Nadir to risk the journey to Australia by boat. Over the past three years Nadir has taught himself English and communicates when he can but often sporadically with his remaining family in Pakistan. He currently lives in temporary accommodation and finds some comfort in playing the dombura. When asked about the instrument he fondly recalls a time when as a young boy he would sneak off to the woods to play the flute and the dombura with friends, known to be banned by the Taliban. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)
Hazara Refugee Nadir Sadiqi Fears Deportation As Visa Decision Looms
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