Workshop opens up regions for migrants

Migrants and refugees can face a raft of challenges in their early years of settlement, especially when it comes to securing work. There's now a fresh push for refugees and migrants to live and work in regional and rural Australia in a bid to fill gaps and skill shortages in the workforce.

Source: SBS

Dominic Shito and Sally Habash moved to Australia after fleeing the rising violence in Iraq five years ago.  It was then the couple began searching for work at a workshop for migrant job-seekers similar to one held in the Western Sydney suburb Fairfield, on Wednesday.

Leeton Shire in the Riverina region of New South Wales is one of more than 100 councils across Australia declared a Refugee Welcome Zone.  Mayor Paul Maytom says it already has a strong migrant workforce.. .and there's room for more.

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