“Forgive me, my bird, as I am not able to embrace you.  But here  I know some immigrant birds. I smile at them at the crack of dawn   and I embrace them with open arms.   […]  The man loves you,   inside a cage located between the vastest ocean and the greenest forest.”    Manus Island Poem by Behrouz Boochani  … Continue reading Out of sight, out of mind: Australia’s offshore detention centres