Behrouz Boochani has lived in detention on Manus for five years. He tells NPR about the book he wrote using WhatsApp that tells the story of his failed attempt to flee Iran for asylum in Australia.

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A new book, Starry Night: Van Gogh At The Asylum by Martin Bailey, details the Dutch post-Impressionist painter’s final year of his life. Picture: Vincent van Gogh, 1886, oil on canvas, by ...

Asylum Road. By Olivia Sudjic. Bloomsbury; 272 pages; £14.99. WHEN OLIVIA SUDJIC’S debut novel, “Sympathy”, a study of a young woman’s obsession with social media, was published in 2017 ...

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The majority of asylum seekers are being housed in disadvantaged local authority areas, while dozens of councils – including wealthy parts of the South East – support none, analysis reveals.