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When Afghan refugee Abbas Nazari boards a dilapidated Indonesian fishing vessel with over 400 others in 2001, he has no idea he's about to be at the centre of one of the most dramatic chapters in Australian history.Tampa: The Turning Point re-examines the August 2001 MV Tampa crisis, marking 25 years since the eight-day maritime standoff that reshaped Australian border protection and global immigration policies.
When Afghan refugee Abbas Nazari boards a dilapidated Indonesian fishing vessel with over 400 others in 2001, he has no idea he's about to be at the centre of one of the most dramatic chapters in Australian history.
When Australia refuses entry to 433 asylum seekers stranded near the coast of Christmas Island, the search begins for another country to take them in.
What if the legacy of 2001 wasn't what Australia did - but what it showed other nations they could do next?
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