Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 'Hard to Watch' : Afghans React to $6m Australian Film Aimed at Asylum Seekers
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'A movie commissioned by Australia’s immigration department to deter Afghan asylum seekers has had its premiere on local TV, seeking to reinforce a widely held view that unauthorised travel to Australia is not worth the risk...' (Sune Engel Rassmussen and Ben Doherty).

The article includes interviews with Afghans who watched the telemovie's premiere broadcast on 25 March 2016.

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