What Happened to the Refugees Who Settled in Tasmania?

The Matloob family together in their Hobart home

The Matloob family have fallen in love with Tasmania. Source: SBS News: Sarah Maunder

In 2016 Australia agreed to re-settle 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq as part of a one-time humanitarian intake.


A lack of affordable housing and a desire to be with bigger migrant communities, has led to many of those refugees leaving Tasmania.


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