Batoor

Photography/Seeking Asylum

Men resting on a mat in a dark timber house in Sumatra, banknotes on the floor between them, 2012.
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean, 20123 of 19

Seeking Asylum

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean, 2012. Frame 3 of 19.

In his words

Next we were taken to Sumatra, Indonesia, where we rested for a few hours in this house before being crammed into a car for a 21-hour nonstop ride with the windows kept locked. We were taken to an airport, where one of our smugglers had arranged boarding passes for us to get to Jakarta. The total cost of the trip from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta was $2500.

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Series
Seeking Asylum
Place
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean
Years
2012
Frame
3 of 19
Shown at
State Library Victoria 2024
Rights
© Barat Ali BatoorFirst published: The Global Mail, 2013

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Provenance

Where this file came from, and what has been done to it.

Recovered from
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Original file
The file as it was served
Plate
12 of 236
Reference
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