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Deportees of Tonga - Gangsters in Paradise
Web (Full Length) – 2019
It ain't a place to live when you're barely making ends meet. It's like crabs being stuck in a bucket, scratching, trying to get out.– Kiwi deportee Sione Moli, on trying to make his life in Tonga work
We're judged before they even get to know us. We have a red 'X' against us.– American deportee Sion Ngaue on the difficulty of being accepted in Tonga
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