Escape from Manus Prison: One Man’s Daring Quest for Freedom

The awe-inspiring story of the only person to successfully escape Australia’s notorious offshore detention centre–and his long search for freedom.

In 2013 Jaivet Ealom fled Myanmar’s brutal regime, where
Rohingya like him were being persecuted and killed, and boarded a boat of
asylum seekers bound for Australia. Instead of finding refuge, he was
transported to Australia’s infamous Manus Regional Processing Centre.

Blistering hot days spent in shipping containers on the
island melted into weeks, then years … until, finally, facing either jail in
Papua New Guinea or being returned to almost certain death in Myanmar, he
took matters into his own hands. Drawing inspiration from the hit show Prison Break, Jaivet
meticulously planned his escape. He made it out alive but was stateless, with
no ID or passport. While the nightmare of Manus was behind him, his true
escape to freedom had only just begun.

How Jaivet made it to sanctuary in Canada in a
six-month-long odyssey by foot, boat, car, and plane, with nothing but his
instinct for survival, is miraculous. His story will astonish, anger and inspire you. It will make you reassess what it means to give refuge and redefine what can be achieved by one man determined to beat the odds.