Dear Ranjini,

My heart goes out to you. Today is World Refugee Day and it also happens to be my son’s 11th birthday. I can’t imagine how it must feel to have been through everything you endured to come to Australia as a refugee, no doubt hoping for a better life for your children, only to have this happen to you. The government policy that allows ASIO to take this action is indefensible. It doesn’t represent my views, nor those of millions of other Australians. We are thinking of you.

Sincerely, Hazel