Living in Regional Australia

Nearly all newly arrived migrants settled in Melbourne and Sydney last year while regional Australia is struggling to survive with a shrinking population. The Australian government is offering migrants new permanent residency pathways provided that they stay in regional areas for four years.

City center of Goulburn, NSW, Australia, seen at sunrise. Source: iStockphoto

Farvardin Daliri is no stranger to migration.

 

The discrimination Daliri suffered growing up as part of the Baha’i religious minority in Iran led to his resettlement in India.

 

When his Iranian passport became invalid due to a change of government in his home country, he moved to Melbourne.