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Author asylum-seeker celebrates freedom in New Zealand

Behrouz Boochani wrote a book using WhatsApp while being held in an Australian detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus island. [AFP]

A Kurdish-Iranian refugee who penned a book on a mobile phone while held in an Australian detention camp said Friday he was celebrating life "as a free man" in New Zealand.

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