When I wrote a letter to cheat the Australian Government

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As I read some pages of of a novel on illegal migrants I recall what I did to help a Nepali migrant in Australia. In those days I was a teacher in a High School in Nepal. The owner of the school had a son in Australia either on a student or a work visa. His visa was going to expire. His father asked me write a letter for the Australian authorities requesting not to send the young man back to his country. You know what were the reasons I was told to cite in the letter. I wrote the Maoist extremists were growing stronger in the country and that they would definitely kill him if he returned ! It appears the letter worked as intended. The young man was permitted to stay longer in Australia. And after 24 years I guess he is still there. After two years in that school I myself migrated to another school. I recall the incident with a little chuckle!