Skilled regional migrants find themselves stranded without support

Computer engineers Omid and Samira (Left) Source: SBS

There's concern for migrants directed to live in South Australia under the government's regional migration push, who are now stranded without the necessary support during this pandemic. Those on skilled working visas are pleading with the Government to make them eligible for wage subsidies as they struggle to make ends meet.

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