Go Back to Where You Came From

Six ordinary Australians agree to challenge their preconceived notions about asylum seekers and refugees by living like refugees for 25 days. They move in with real refugees building a new life in Australia, before taking a perilous journey to unknown shores on a leaky boat.

The group moves in with Burmese refugees in Malaysia and are confronted by the harsh realities of their daily struggle to survive. As they forge emotional bonds, the Australians are shocked to learn the Burmese are in constant fear of arrest. During a midnight immigration raid it becomes clear why.

Continuing their reverse refugee journey, the group travels to Kenya and Jordan to live as refugees. In Kenya, they discover the daily struggle to survive in one of the world's biggest refugee camps, while in Jordan, they navigate life in its dire slums. Unexpectedly, the Australians are offered a chance to travel all the way to two of the world's most dangerous cities: Goma in the Congo and Baghdad, Iraq. Will they take on the challenge?

Tempers flare early when six prominent Australians move in with resettled refugees and asylum seekers in Melbourne, before finding themselves heading for the war torn homelands of their hosts.

The Australians experience life in two of the world's most violent and desperate countries, Somalia and Afghanistan. With ever-present danger, their differences become more pronounced.

Following the people smuggling route, the Australians come back together in Indonesia before becoming ‘boat people’ themselves bound for the notorious Christmas Island Detention Centre.