The Age · Politics / Federal

Eighty-six years before the Iranian women’s team, footballers from the Middle East sought asylum in Australia

· By Tony Wright
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Footballers from the Middle East, finding themselves in peril, first sought and gained asylum in Australia more than 85 years before members of the Iranian women’s soccer team did the same thing this week.

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