WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Writer and refugee Behrouz Boochani left the Australian-run offshore Pacific detention camp where he has been held for six years, arriving in New Zealand late on Thursday to speak at a literary festival.
"I just arrived in New Zealand. So exciting to get freedom after more than six years....Thank you to all the friends who made this happen," he said on Twitter, shortly after landing in Auckland.
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