Mr Boochani’s boat came ashore on Christmas island four days after a new agreement was signed with Papua New Guinea that meant he would never be resettled in Australia.
After fleeing Iran and attempting to seek refuge in Australia, the writer and journalist spent six years in the offshore detention system on Manus Island until it was closed last month.
Mr Boochani wrote an influential book detailing his experience by texting messages to a friend and has since been freed from the detention centre.