PHOTOS: Vigil for refugees

Refugee activists in Melbourne organised a candle lit vigil on November 30 to condemn the federal government's racist policies against refugees.

Mohammed Bakhtiari, a former detainee on Nauru, said: "We need to demonstrate to people that we have rights too".

Photos by Ali Bakhtiarvandi:

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