Batoor

Photography/Seeking Asylum

Two men in orange life jackets aboard the boat in rough grey seas, 2012.
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean, 20128 of 19

Seeking Asylum

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean, 2012. Frame 8 of 19.

In his words

By the second night of the voyage, the weather turned. People were crying, praying, recalling their loved ones. As water poured into the boat, we all lost hope. We thought it was really the end. I thought about how I had given my life for nothing, that if I had another chance to live I wouldn’t have taken the boat. We were watching our deaths.

ideas.ted.com, April 2015
Series
Seeking Asylum
Place
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean
Years
2012
Frame
8 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
ideas.ted.com photo essay, 16 Apr 2015
Original file
The file as it was served
Plate
17 of 236
Reference
t07
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