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Refugee children at school in Wagga

Refugee children at school in Wagga Source: SBS

The Riverina, in southern New South Wales, is now taking in more refugees than ever with more Yazidi families arriving this week as they flee from I-S. Some 3,000 asylum seekers - from countries including Myanmar, South Sudan, Afghanistan and Iraq - have already built new lives there. As part of a special series this week, SBS visits some of the communities - old and new - to see how they're settling in.


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The Riverina, in southern New South Wales, is now taking in more refugees than ever with more Yazidi families arriving this week as they flee from I-S. Some 3,000 asylum seekers - from countries including Myanmar, South Sudan, Afghanistan and Iraq - have already built new lives there. As part of a special series this week, SBS visits some of the communities - old and new - to see how they're settling in.



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