45 Days - Paperback

by Jill Parris (Author), Man Man (Artist), Manus Alert (As Recorded by)

This is a photographic story book written in partnership between Man Man an ex-detainee of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (an Australian offshore detention centre which contravenes the Article 31 of the 1951 Untied Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugee) and Jill Parris an Australian advocate. It relies heavily on the voices of men still held on Manus against their will.

45 Days is an account of 45 days in the life of Man Man an asylum seeker trapped by the Australian government and incarcerated as a Manus detainee in Papua New Guinea .The book covers the time between Man being granted a visa to go to the USA as a humanitarian entrant and his arrival in his new country. The story includes references to the daily news headlines about Australia management and asylum seeker policy and inside voices from the illegal detention centre.