Australia has had a complicated history with Indian Ocean territories, with such territories becoming areas for quarantine and detainment of asylum seekers.
Some detainees, as we learn through harrowing accounts in Reneé Pettitt-Schipp‘s new book The Archipelago of Us, are held in centers for years, where they are mistreated, underfed and distressed.
RTRFM’s Danae Gibson chats with award-winning author Reneé Pettitt Schipp about the release, her experiences on Christmas Island and the injustice of mandatory detention.
Pettitt-Schipp remains optimistic for a fairer future.
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