1 month old MardinArvin This article is more than 1 month old I spent years on Manus Island and in hotel detention. Finally I can live like a regular human being Refugee and writer Mardin Arvin in Melbourne after his release from hotel detention. Photograph: Charlie Collins/Supplied Refugee and writer Mardin Arvin in Melbourne after his release from hotel detention. Photograph: Charlie Collins/Supplied Tue 2 Mar 2021 11.30 EST Last modified on Tue 16 Mar 2021 00.06 EDT The wind blows. Languid. The wind is calm, swirling around my body. It feels good. I watch the leaves shifting places across the ground, I reflect on the fact that no one is standing over me any more, no one is watching me.