Former Refugees Are Looking Forward to First Vote

Former Refugees Are Looking Forward to First Vote
Members of the public vote in the 2016 federal election at Parramatta Town Hall in Parramatta, Australia on July 2, 2016 . Photo by Cole Bennetts/Getty Images
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While it will only take a few minutes for Hassan Naji to get to a polling booth on Saturday, he says it will be the culmination of a decades-long journey.

“This is very important to me. In the 49 years of my life, it is the first time I will vote in a national election,” says Naji, an Afghan refugee who lives in Sydney’s western suburbs.

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