Dr Tien Nyugen is a true migrant success story.
In 1980 the former Vietnamese refugee saw his claim quickly processed in Malaysia - then thanks to kindness in Australia, he was offered medical retraining within 5 months of arriving in Australia.
Such a story wouldn't happen today, he says.
On the 30th anniversary of Australia's peak Refugee Council, those who dealt with the immigration policies of the early 80s remembered those times.
In a gathering in Sydney, aspects of later policies - from the Howard Government on - have been deplored.
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Rena Sarumpaet reports.
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