Plight of immigrants in focus at Brisbane exhibition

Law said the subjects included two men unknowingly born in New Zealand who were subsequently deported from Australia.

“It was only because they ran into trouble in their later years that they were deported and realised they weren’t actually Australian citizens,” she said.

Another story involved a Sri Lankan held at the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation Centre who had been fighting for freedom for more than 10 years.

Law said the exhibition focused on family members who experienced trauma, including an Iranian mother who moved her family to Australia.

“Through [her son’s time in immigration detention], he ended up committing petty crime and wound up in prison,” she said. “The mother has been the one that holds the…