From The Guardian, and supported by the Walkley Foundation, The Wait is a five-part narrative podcast, two years in the making.

It uncovers how Australia is pushing its borders out, and brings you into the lives of refugees who are caught on that borderline in Indonesia.

If you live without rights, far from your motherland, what happens when you die? Mozhgan’s little brother Mohammad speaks Bahasa Indonesia fluently. He knows people. If your relatives want your body sent home, who do they call? They call Mohammad.

Mozhgan met Hussain in 2013, both packed into a fishing boat, hoping to get to Australia. She takes Nicole to visit him in West Jakarta, where he lives with his dad in a small room. Their single beds touch toe to toe. How has Australia shaped Hussain and Mozhgan’s lives, even though they never got there?

As protests rage in cities across Indonesia, Yousif from Sudan takes the megaphone despite threats of arrest. Mozhgan can’t travel, so Nicole investigates, visiting shelters in Makassar and Batam. Who’s on the streets and why are they willing to risk it all to raise their voices?

Mozhgan and her friend Elina, from Sudan, have a disagreement about beliefs. When the future is impossible to see, faith can be a rock—or, it can shatter completely. Either way, some refugees are taking matters into their own hands, in their quest to cope.

Of all Mozhgan’s family, her dad Amir is struggling the most. In Episode 1, we heard him in the midst of a shocking crisis, over a year ago. How is he now? Meanwhile, a glimmer of hope flickers for Mozhgan, but who will get left behind?