A future for Australia's refugee program? Private sponsorship costing $100,000

By Adam Morton
Updated May 28 2017 - 2:33pm, first published 2:30pm

Sam Al Maraee says he is lucky. When his parents and sisters in Baghdad faced death threats unless they embraced Islamic State's perverted brand of Islam, he had the means to give them a chance most of the world's 21 million refugees will never have.

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