Fed: Afghan refugees gather in Perth to offer support to injured

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2009
Fed: Afghan refugees gather in Perth to offer support to injured

A group of Afghan refugees has gathered outside Royal Perth Hospital to offer support
to the asylum seekers injured in yesterday's explosion.

Three people were killed in the blast off northern Australia .. while a search has
been launched for another two missing.

ALI REZA .. who was in a boat with 160 asylum seekers when it was tipped up by navy
officials in Australian waters in 2001 .. says he knows how it feels to be alone and unable
to communicate in a foreign country.

He says the group are there to offer support and help by translating.

AAP RTV ap/dj/af

KEYWORD: BOAT REFUGEES (PERTH)

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