Could refugees be the solution to saving struggling towns?

A year ago the small rural community of Mingoola on the New South WalesQueensland border was facing a bleak future. Meanwhile in Western Sydney, refugee advocate Emmanuel Musoni saw problems affecting people in his community who’d come from warravaged countries of central Africa.

When they were put in contact late last year, they saw a solution to both their problems; a model many now believe could be used to help struggling rural communities across the country.

You can read more about Mingoola's social experiment here: http://ab.co/2feKGwb

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