Has the journey changed the opinions of the six participants? Has it been more than just an opportunity for Reith & Deveny to lock horns? What's the outcome of this up-close asylum seeker process and how will it help the conversation? Those questions will be best answered in tonight's Insight special on SBS - this is the final part of the journey. All six paricipants arrive in Indonesia, the start of the final leg for many when coming to Australia to seek asylum. Reith, Anderson & Deveny meet Ali Khan & his family who are Afghanistani refugees in Indonesia who would like to go home but it's too dangerous to live there, and they can't stay … [Read more...]

Another incredible season two episode of Go Back To Where You Came From highlights the greater gap between what some privileged and comfortable people of the west take for granted and the stark reality of life as a refugee. There's riots all over Kabul (some may say it's because of the arrival of the three westerners!) because some of the American troops have burned copies of the Koran, and understandably Reith is concerned for his safety. I think anyone would be. Deveny calls him out as being "One of the ministers of a government happy enough to send people back here". Serious safety concerns are being raised, and so the group are given … [Read more...]