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Refugees and the struggle for jobs

Green Connect staffers Emmanuel Bakenga and Jess Moore
Green Connect staffers Emmanuel Bakenga and Jess Moore Source: SBS

Many of the 12,000 extra humanitarian refugees are relocating to regional areas around Australia. New South Wales' Illawarra region is one of them. The jobless rate in the Illawarra, is at 6.1 per cent. To try to help counter that, the organisation Green Connect was set up to provide jobs to refugees, as well as young people.


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By Adel Danno, Abbie O'Brien

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Many of the 12,000 extra humanitarian refugees are relocating to regional areas around Australia. New South Wales' Illawarra region is one of them. The jobless rate in the Illawarra, is at 6.1 per cent. To try to help counter that, the organisation Green Connect was set up to provide jobs to refugees, as well as young people.



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