| "Coming Home to Banaba" Images and Quotes 1 |
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"It's such a journey to get here - you're very physically tired, you're emotionally completely drained. You get off that boat and you see this island - oh, and your heart just breaks."
Stacey King - Homecoming Trip organiser |
| After 48 hours crossing the open ocean in a small boat, there are mixed emotions for a disparate group of travellers from all over the world, united only by their links to Banaba.
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"Magnificent mansions have been built, but my house has been thrown away - it's been cast aside. People have taken the phosphate off my land and made themselves comfortable. I, too, would love to have that comfort."
Makin Corrie |
| Elder Makin Corrie from Rabi watches Banaba rise over the horizon. Her father was beheaded by the Japanese on Banaba during World War Two: she was made to watch. Now she is a member of the Rabi Council of Leaders.
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