Talented Sydney basketballer Buru has a once-in-a-lifetime US college scholarship — if only he could get there

There are about 41,000 Australians desperate to get back into the country, but lesser-known are the stories of people desperate to get out.

One of them is 19-year-old Apolosa Tuburu Naivalurua, or Buru to those who know him.

He has been offered an exclusive scholarship opportunity at an elite…