Australia is being urged to adopt a Canadian-style refugee sponsorship scheme

Rozhan and Jwan sit on the couch at their home in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, looking through photographs of their former life in Iraq.

Their 12-year old son Adrian doesn’t have many memories of his birthplace and the life his parents described as idyllic until four years ago.

As a school teacher, Jwan was under pressure from members of the local community to convert to Islam. When she refused, the insistence turned violent.

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