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I spent three months reporting on the situation for refugees from across the world trying to reach Australia by boat who are intercepted by the Australian Government and sent to detention camps offshore I tried to apply for a visa to get to new room it's eight thousand dollars non-refundable many journalists have paid that money and never actually been I was never able to actually apply I was told there was an accommodation shortage on the island it was so frustrating to have no real genuine reason as to why I couldn't actually get into one of these camps i sent interview requests to four former Prime Minister's a former Immigration Minister they all declined the current prime minister of australia declined to be interviewed i sent eight interview requests to the current immigration minister he never actually responded to my final request these are the people that have put in policies that send people off shore and yet they're not willing to front up to the media and actually answer questions I got in touch with a refugee living on Manus Island in Papua New Guinean via whatsapp his name is Behrooz bouhanni he's an Iranian journalist who fled and ended up on manners he sends out photos showings the really really green living conditions people writing messages on the walls of the camp in their own blood he's sending out updates about day-to-day incidents about his feelings of spending three years in detention reading that is just incredibly heartbreaking because I have no sense of how you could spend that long in this one camp i spoke to martin Appleby he was a former security worker who actually worked in the Manus Island camp hearing his voice crack hearing him struggle to put into words the things that he'd seen affected me so much I was brought to tears hours before publishing the news broke that the Manus Island camp would be shut down I immediately sent off a message to burrows and he said it was wonderful news but then the statement came out from the Australian Government and it became clear that these people would never be settled in Australia so the future is still incredibly uncertain you