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My name is Christina Augustine. I come from Thailand but I’m Karen. I lived in Mae La refugee camp, before I came to Australia in January with my family and we now live in Laverton.

Before coming to Australia, my life in the camp was very difficult because people who live in camps don’t have freedom. They may have knowledge, but they don’t have a chance to go out of the camp to find a job. They must live and work in camp.

My family decide to come to Australia for our future. We got visa from Australia government so we came to Australia. I’m so excited as Australia is a beautiful country and very different to Thailand. In Australia I have a chance to study to gain more knowledge. Now I’m studying CSEW 3 at Footscray AMES. In the future I want to be a nurse, so when I finish CSEW 3 I’ve decided to study at VCE and than go on to university.
I think if I was still living in a refugee camp everything I want to do and want to be would still be just a dream. But now I live in Australia my dream can come true one day.

I’m so lucky as others don’t have a chance to go to another country to find their freedom and their future, to make their dreams come true -- which is a pity.

I can’t do anything except hope that one day they too will have a chance to go to another country and find freedom.

By MikeK at 12 Dec 2008 - 4:06pm
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