Exiled journalist is offered a role at University of Canterbury amid celebration of successful application for refugee status
“A protective cloak” will be draped over Kurdish Iranian exile Behrouz Boochani, New Zealand supporters have said, after the dissident journalist’s claim for asylum was accepted following a seven-year ordeal.
Boochani was officially notified by New Zealand’s government exactly seven years to the day after his arrival in Australia in 2013 – and on his 37 birthday.
Continue reading…Exiled journalist is offered a role at University of Canterbury amid celebration of successful application for refugee statusBehrouz Boochani granted refugee status in New Zealand“A protective cloak” will be draped over Kurdish Iranian exile Behrouz Boochani, New Zealand supporters have said, after the dissident journalist’s claim for asylum was accepted following a seven-year ordeal.Boochani was officially notified by New Zealand’s government exactly seven years to the day after his arrival in Australia in 2013 – and on his 37 birthday. Continue reading…