News stories tagged with "Syria"

FAIRFIELD, 2015-2017: When the Australian government committed to a special intake of 12,000 refugees fleeing the war and IS in Iraq and Syria, more than half started their settlement journeys in Fairfield. The number of new arrivals was a challenge for Navitas, which rapidly grew in Fairfield from 2 to 11 locations, 100 trainers and […]

By any measure of success Albert Abdal has a lot to be proud of. He owns his own painting business, a home in Fairfield and he enjoys a full and rich life with his wife and three beautiful children. It is a long way from his former existence as a fruit farmer in pre-war Syria […]