Manus Island

a cartoon drawn by cartoonist Eaten Fish that shows a map of Russia with a sad face, a tear in one eye and the words "I am only a refugee" wit the "I" in the shape of a fishbone.

How Eaten Fish survived four years in refugee detention with his cartoons, social media and a network of activist friends

Media

It took pressure, and lots of it, to get Iranian cartoonist known as “Eaten Fish” out of the Australian-run detention camp and it was social media that started the domino of pressure and activism that finally freed him.

Refugee advocates hold placards as they participate in a protest in Sydney against the treatment of asylum-seekers at Australia-run detention centers

Papua New Guinea police move to evict refugees from Australia’s shuttered detention center on Manus

Conflict