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A Fitting Memorial
On or around 14 November 2010 another 97 men, women and children lost their lives as asylum seekers crossing the sea to Australia. The recent Four Corners report (which focussed also on the people smuggler network involved) explored something of the lives of those lost. We here record their names, and what few details that Four Corners published concerning their lives. Such a listing can never be a fitting memorial. Among them was 24 year old Mohammad Rezaie whose fiance waited for him in Melbourne. He left home the day after his sister’s wedding. Ayad Al Kazami his wife and Hiba and Huba, their two daughters, were also on the boat. They also…