1
Iran and Afghanistan – they are trying to get to Australia (via Indonesia)
2
Because he’s a member of the Hazara ethnic minority in Afghanistan and the Hazara are often targeted and treated badly, so his family sent him abroad for his own safety.
3
Expect and accept some / any of these answers:
- It was expensive ($5,000)
- The shared accommodation in Indonesia was tiny and overcrowded.
- He got delayed / stuck in Jakarta for a long time.
- The boat he tried to get to Australia on was dangerously small.
- They got caught by the police and sent back to Jakarta four times.
- Once they finally got out of Indonesia, the seas were dangerous.
4
He was kept in a detention centre for nine months and then he was allowed to stay in Australia, where he set up a printing company.
