Refugees' real-life stories an eye-opener for students

By Amy McNeilage
Updated September 24 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 2 2014 - 11:10am
Simon and Simona Ochana fled Syria last year after their cousin was killed in an air strike. Photo: Janie Barrett
Simon and Simona Ochana fled Syria last year after their cousin was killed in an air strike. Photo: Janie Barrett

The greatest lessons learnt at school do not always come from textbooks and chalkboards, as a group of students from refugee and Australian-born backgrounds realised last week.

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