Jaivet Ealom

[1][5][6] Ealom was born in Myanmar where he faced persecution, as a Rohingya ethnic minority.

[1] During the journey, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that Australia would not accept refugees arriving by boat.

[3] In May 2017, after three and a half years of detention, a suicide attempt, a brief hunger strike, and serious injuries from an attack,[6] Ealom orchestrated his escape.

Using tricks he learned watching Prison Break, including tracking his guards’ schedules,[1] and posing as an interpreter,[3] he managed to exit the center.

Assisted by supportive detention center staff, he purchased and boarded a flight to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.