You Have Been Told A Lie - Blood, Borders, and Biloela

A family ripped from their rural Queensland community, and a town fighting to bring them back. The Nadesalingam family captured the hearts and minds of people across the world when they were ripped from their regional Australian community of Biloela, but there’s more to this than a heartwarming story.

You Have Been Told A Lie will explore the social fabric of Sri Lanka forcing Tamils to flee, the geopolitical and national forces at play when it comes to Australia’s immigration policy, the groundswell movement from their local community and beyond, the treatment and processing of asylum seekers in Australia, along with the lies we’ve been told along the way. Who does the family need to be in order to stay?

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  • Trailer: You Have Been Told A Lie
    May 9, 2023 – 00:01:48
Recent Reviews
  • PS-reader
    Poor reporting
    No real explanation of why Priya should be considered a refugee when she went to Australia via a 12 year stint in India. Maybe some legal information or comparisons to other countries' policies on immigration where people are allowed (?) to claim asylum after living abroad for several years would have contextualized the issue.
  • New York livin'
    A must listen
    As a North American I’m especially ignorant about this family and their story. Thank you for telling the story in an easy to understand way for someone new to immigration policies and the politics behind it all.
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