A review by georgia_sara93
Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

Ahmed created this graphic novel and original web comic on the unceded lands of the Guribgal, Darug, Gandangara, Gadigal and Wangal peoples. I read this book on the unceded lands of the Kaurna peoples. 

Ahmed’s graphic novel shares a few stories of some of the people he got to know and befriended while he volunteered at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. Australia’s “policies” on people who are refugees are revolting and this book further highlights just some of those disgraces that the Australian “Government” have allowed to occur. Did you know according to the UN Rights of the Human, that Australia signed and agreed to its not illegal to seek refuge from a country your facing persecution from? Did you know other countries don’t place people seeking refuge into detention centres because it’s NOT illegal?? 

Anyways. This book is necessary reading about the way Australia destroys refugees who come to Australia. It’s hard, it’s heavy, and it’s still real right now. Also does anyone else feel sick saying “refugee policy”?