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Difficult to watch at times, but nothing like the pain experienced at these facilities. Shame on us, as humanity to treat one another so.

Incredible performances and heart breaking story. As an Australian living overseas this is so important for the world to see how Australia treats its refugees. People do not know how lucky they are just to be born in a certain country and have so many comforts that are so easy when compared to those in third World war stricken countries. We take it for granted. Stays with you long after watching!

How do all of you know it is inaccurate? I found it Interesting. At least I am capable of admitting that I have no clue whether or not it is accurate. I enjoyed the acting and know that it is quite possible that many of these 'camps' have guards that mistreat people. But that's beside the point. Since when does a series have to be factual?

Stateless, is loosely based on a collection of immigration horror stories that happened over a course of time, put together cleverly. The Barton detention facility shown is the web series is based on the real life detention centre called Woomera, South Australia. The series presents the plight of the poor immigrants, both pre and post detention, the series also focuses the life of the guards of the detention centre, The general red tape surrounding the immigration system and the tireless volunteers opposing the detention system. The human stories of some immigrants, though not in great detail, touches our hearts.

Cinematography is neat, the various emotions portrayed by the actors are well captured. Though Screenplay is pretty raw in the early episodes, it matures a lot as the series progresses and peaks in the last two episodes, with some wonderfully writing. Editing is mostly good and one cannot complain much about a 316 minute runtime. The creators and the directors have handled the project pretty well to have a great outlook. Production design, music, costumes and makeup were decent. On the acting front, Stateless boasts many well know names from Australian movie scene. Asher Keddie's performance was the best of the lot followed by Jai Courtney and Yvonne Strahovski.

Overall, if you like emotional dramas and human stories, Stateless is just tailor made just for you. It also will also give the viewer a small case study on immigration and detention system that government down under followed in the early 2000s. The creators of Stateless have balanced the series in such a way that the focus remains on the plight of the immigrants even though they take a pot shot at the immigration system. Highly recommended, Stateless is emotionally gripping and shows the huge gap between bureaucracy and humanity a solid 7.1 stars out of 10. Watch out for a killer episode six.

As a white male, it felt very humbling to watch this series. I do not think that I have felt so lucky to be an American citizen and someone who is not an immigrant. All my life I have heard stories of immigration stories, but it is different to see their struggle and plight on-screen.

My favorite storyline was of Ameer (Fayssal Bazzi) and his struggle to provide the best life for his family. He is sincere, kind and cares deeply for his family. I was reminded by my father and how he provides for us. The series exposes the problems with immigration systems as they believe Ameer to be a criminal simply because of his background.

There is a universal problem with the immigration policies of countries. Images of Latino children in cages reflect how poorly they are. This TV show furthers that, but there is a current theme that we are all human beings. Immigrants are not to be treated as less than or different, but just like how everyone should be treated. This is a major storyline with guard Cam Sandford (Jai Courtney) conflicted between his sister (pro-refugee activist) and his fellow guards.

The Barton facility (where the immigrants are held) has guards who treat the immigrants as if they are animals: there is no humanity, compassion or dignity. Furthering the theme of humanity is the character of Sofie Werner (Yvonne Strahovski). Her character portrays a contrast between the immigrants and herself. Her character is damaged because her freedoms and hopes have been destroyed, which is interesting to me. The immigrants contain all of these hopes and dreams for their futures, but in a way, she doesn't believe that her life holds anything happy or positive in store for her future.

Her scenes with Cate Blanchett and Dominic West were particularly amazing and standout moments of the show. Of course, both were scene stealers and every scene with them was amazing.

I cannot begin to sing the praises of this series! There are many different characters and themes that add many layers to the show. There is a theme of balloons, which I was not able to figure out, but that might have to do with ascendancy or being free. I love this miniseries and highly suggest it!!!