Social enterprises provide work for many disadvantaged groups, including refugees and asylum seekers. With more displaced people arriving this year, Australia’s 12,000 social enterprises will play a vital role.
Mujtaba Folad is a qualified engineer working with a social enterprise construction company in Sydney. He is also a refugee from Afghanistan who fled his homeland earlier this year, after working as a surveyor and engineer in the road and transport industry. After the Taliban took over Kabul , Mujtaba feared for his safety due to previous involvement with non-government organisations helping to rebuild that country's infrastructure.
” According to Human Rights Watch, the Hazara, a predominantly Shia Muslim ethnic group, have faced discrimination and abuse by successive Afghan governments for over a century. With the Taliban back in power, the Hazara have been increasingly concerned for their safety. As a 17-year-old, Osyan found a people smuggler in Kabul and after paying $5,000 set off on a nine-month journey to safety. From Dubai he flew to Malaysia, and then travelled by boat to Indonesia.
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