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Season 3

Catch up on season 3 of the award wining series.

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31 Jul 2015 - 9:12am

Watch 'Go Back' season 3

The ground-breaking and multi award-winning SBS documentary series Go Back To Where You Came From returns after three years to once again provoke national debate about...
29 Jul 2015

Life in a refugee camp: could you live there?

From the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, to Za'atari in Lebanon, life inside the camps is something alien to most Australians. Take a closer look.
NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Feed Forum

Marc Fennell hosts a special forum episode of The Feed featuring the six Australians who appeared in the award-winning SBS series, Go Back To Where You Came From.
24 Jul 2015

A refugee story: The Boat

'The Boat' is an interactive graphic novel about escape after the Vietnam War based on the story by Nam Le.
Classroom Resources

Nicole's Journey

Journey with Nicole from Sydney’s suburbs to Syria to gain a greater understanding of; ...
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How much do you know about asylum seekers and refugees?

Test your knowledge with our online quiz.

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Delve Deeper

Explore some of the issues covered in the latest season.  

29 Jul 2015

Is there a front door, and are 'boat people' jumping the queue?

Some Australians say asylum seekers who arrive by boat are "jumping the queue" by not coming through approved channels. Is this accurate?
29 Jul 2015 - 9:21am

Go Back returns as global refugee numbers break records

The award-winning series is back as the UNCHR releases figures showing a record-breaking number of refugees.
Explainer

What is Australia's asylum seeker policy and how did we get here?

Australia has earned a global reputation for being tough on asylum seekers with its policies on turning asylum boats around and denying anyone who arrives by boat...
28 Jul 2015 - 2:39pm

Meet the participants

Meet the six Australians who will embark on a journey to see the world through the eyes of refugees, including a former refugee, two sisters with opposing...
24 Jun 2015

Inside Za’atari refugee camp

Exit Syria is an online documentary that offers an intimate picture of life in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp – home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees.
Learn
Schools Resources

The Go Back To Where You Came From interactive school resources contain tutorials, student activities and teacher notes with background information, facts and statistics.

Interactive resources

In Pictures: refugee and asylum seeker stories

Refugee and asylum seeker news

The latest refugee and asylum seeker news from SBS News.

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29 Jul 2015

Which countries shoulder the burden of the world’s refugees?

Explore the world’s refugee movements in this interactive map.
RADIO

Sweden opens doors to Syrian refugees

Far away from the Syrian crisis, Sweden has stepped up to help in a way that stands in contrast to, really, the rest of the world.
28 Jul 2015

Where do Australia’s asylum seekers come from?

Where do those applying for refugee status in Australia come from? And how often are they successful with their initial claim?
Radio

Who are Myanmar's Rohingya people?

Who are the Rohingya people of Myanmar and what is their story?
News

Interactive: The world’s changing pattern of refugees and asylum-seekers

Syria has become the world's largest source of refugees and Turkey is now the largest host. Find out where refugees and asylum seekers have moved to and where...
News

Australians misinformed on refugee facts: survey

A survey by the Red Cross has found that Australians are misinformed when it comes to basic facts on refugees and asylum seekers.
News

'Things will get worse': UNHCR as refugees approach 60m worldwide

The numbers of refugees and people seeking asylum worldwide is the highest since the era following World War II, new figures from the UNHCR show, while Australia...
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A refugee story: The Boat

SBS has adapted the title short story in Nam Le’s hugely acclaimed anthology The Boat for its first interactive graphic novel.  

Take your class on an interactive journey aboard The Boat using the SBS Learn resources designed for English/The Arts years 9-12.

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Watch previous seasons of Go Back To Where You Came From and latest news on refugee and asylum seeker issues.
Thu 30/07/15 - 9:35pm Go Back To Where You Came From S3 Ep3
SBS1 Thu 30/07/15 - 9:35pm
Following a reverse refugee journey, one group of Australians visits...
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Wed 29/07/15 - 9:35pm Go Back To Where You Came From S3 Ep2
SBS1 Wed 29/07/15 - 9:35pm
The six Australians get a first-hand experience of Australia's...
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Tue 28/07/15 - 9:35pm Go Back To Where You Came From S3 Ep1
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The boats may have stopped, but the debate has not. The ground-...
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Thu 30/08/12 - 9:35pm Go Back To Where You Came From S2 Ep3
SBS1 Thu 30/08/12 - 9:35pm
In the final episode, the Australians head for Indonesia. They live...
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Wed 29/08/12 - 9:35pm Go Back To Where You Came From S2 Ep2
SBS1 Wed 29/08/12 - 9:35pm
In this episode, the refugee experiment gets bolder still. The...
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Tue 28/08/12 - 9:40pm Go Back To Where You Came From S2 Ep1
SBS1 Tue 28/08/12 - 9:40pm
In the second instalment of this multi award-winning series, six...
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Thu 23/06/11 - 9:30pm Go Back To Where You Came From S1 Ep3
SBS1 Thu 23/06/11 - 9:30pm
This three-part series follows six ordinary Australians who agree to...
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Wed 22/06/11 - 9:30pm Go Back To Where You Came From S1 Ep2
SBS1 Wed 22/06/11 - 9:30pm
This three-part series follows six ordinary Australians who agree to...
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Tue 21/06/11 - 9:30pm Go Back To Where You Came From S1 Ep1
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This three-part series follows six ordinary Australians who agree to...
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What should we do about 'boat people'?

In the last twenty years, sixty thousand 'boat people' have arrived in Australia. How we deal with them when they get here continues to polarise public opinion.

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Go Back Series 3 - DVD/Digital
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