A new report has found evidence that, with the right support, refugee entrepreneurs provide million-dollar economic benefits to Australia.
Over three years, the pilot program run by Settlement Services International has seen 68 per cent of participants -- 66 refugees -- successfully establish a business.
As a result, the majority of refugee entrepreneurs have moved off Centrelink payments, with some also paying company tax and generating new jobs.
Professor of Social Economics Jock Collins -- from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School -- has authored a report on the economic impact of the program.
He says the refugee entrepreneurs have produced a net gain to the economy in the order of millions.
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