";s:4:"text";s:4383:" Based on a true story, Yvonne Strahavski plays Sofie, a woman who winds up in a holding centre for those claiming asylum, pretending to be a German lady named Eve… Rau was sent to the Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre and detained alongside convicted criminals, and while the other prisoners suspected Rau was mentally ill and tried to get her help, the prison officials largely ignored their pleas. Fellow inmates felt that something larger was going on with Rau. Netflix Temi Adebowale is the Editorial Assistant at Men's Health. Here’s what you need to know.Yes! Netflix's new limited series Stateless is an unflinching look at immigration that is loosely based on the true story of Cornelia Rau.
Stateless begins Sunday, March 1 at 8.30pm on ABC and iView. In real life, it's Ken and Jan.)Rau was born in Germany, but moved to Australia at 18 months old. Luckily, we know that Sofie (aka Cornelia) makes it out OK in the end.
She spent several months at the Brisbane Women's Correctional Center and was moved in 2004 to Baxter Detention Center, where many Middle Eastern asylum seekers were being held. Thanks! Sign up to receive our newsletter! Her family lived in Australia until 1980 when they returned to Germany, but they later returned to Australia in 1983. Already have an account with us? Former Federal Police commissioner Mick Palmer found serious and deep-seated problems in the Immigration Department, and in how it handled people in detention. Rau remained in custody until January, when an article appeared in the Melbourne newspaper, For example: German Consulate staff could not identify her, but pointed out that her German language skills were “child-like” and she probably was actually Australian with a German background. Australia has a policy of “mandatory detention” of asylum seekers, and these centres are where many end up while they wait to hear their fate – a process which can take years.To give it its full name, “Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre” was opened in 2002 and ultimately closed in 2007 as the building of another, larger detention centre made it obsolete.
(This is recreated as “GOPA” in Stateless, with Cate Blanchett and Dominic West as the creepy charismatic leaders).She took part in ballet, choir and drama – but she was expelled from Kenja after six months; as Jan Hamilton explained, “We are not an organisation set up to help someone like Cornelia. The series is co-produced, created, and directed by Academy Awards winner, Cate Blanchett. Make sure to stream all six episodes of Stateless on Netflix, which is available now.
In that time, her condition continued to worsen and she became distanced from reality and those around her. She escaped again, but was soon captured again by the police. On Demand Stateless is an undeniably haunting story with a painful amount of truth behind it all. Though she and her family moved around, Rau spent most of her childhood in Australia and was considered a "permanent resident" at the time that her highly publicized journey started.
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