A new report as shown how Armidale in NSW could provide a roadmap of how to successfully resettle refugees in Australia.
The regional NSW city of Armidale may not seem like the obvious location to find a Yazidi pop-up restaurant.
The pop-up restaurant is just one reason Armidale, a city of around 25,000 people, is being held up as a"champion" of regional refugee resettlement. In addition to the pop-up restaurant, other initiatives that were spearheaded by SSI included arts and sports programs with the new arrivals and residents, along with fostering volunteering among locals.
The"whole-of-community" initiatives were also credited with leading to "an extraordinarily high retention rate" of new arrivals.Settlement Services International
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