Aims
The Flotillas of Hope project had two intentions
- to give the refugees detained on Nauru, hope - that they have not been forgotten by people, that the Pacific Solution - out of sight, out of mind, did not work and
- to bring the world media spotlight on Nauru on World Refugee Day, 20 June 2004. This the project achieved and it saw the granting of asylum to over half the refugees on Nauru and the release of Aladdin Salanin who was in solitary confinement on Manus Island, New Guinea.
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