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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-174/
- Published: 2020-07-24T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-25T21:51:50.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

Iranian **Behrouz Boochani** has been granted asylum in New Zealand.

> Gaining refugee status means he can stay in New Zealand indefinitely and can apply for a resident’s visa.

> When he left Papua New Guinea – where he was detained for six years after attempting to enter Australia – [ABC reported](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-14/behrouz-boochani-has-left-papua-new-guinea-for-new-zealand/11703822?ref=goodoil.news) **he had been accepted for resettlement in the United States.**  
>  
> [stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122166500/iranian-writer-behrouz-boochani-granted-refugee-status-in-nz](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122166500/iranian-writer-behrouz-boochani-granted-refugee-status-in-nz?ref=goodoil.news)

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The BFD. The BFD Golriz Ghahraman, Behrouz Boochani and Donna Miles-Mojab

Not everyone however is falling over themselves with excitement at the news.

> [The Extremist Links of Behrouz Boochani (and The Media Cover-Up)](https://www.theunshackled.net/australian-politics/the-extremist-links-of-behrouz-boochani-and-the-media-cover-up/?ref=goodoil.news)