OPINION

In Australia, surfing soothes asylum-seekers' fears of sea

News, Associated Press, Published on 06/04/2016

» They gather under the blazing sun and blue skies of an Australian beach, looking out at the water that once symbolised so much misery: Terrifying boat trips marked by sickness and death and the constant dread that their own lives might be nearing the end. But today, the sea will become their unlikely saviour.