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Past experience doesn’t always count for asylum seekers when they apply for work in Australia. Shutterstock/Tero Vesalainen

Asylum seekers left ‘desperate’ and ‘helpless’ when they try to find work in Australia

No matter how skilled or qualified they are, asylum seekerd say they’ve often forced to take whatever basic job they can just to survive.
There are about 30,000 refugees in Australia, and just over 200 of them have been able to study at a university. www.shutterstock.com

How people seeking asylum in Australia access higher education, and the enormous barriers they face

Federal government policies are the biggest barriers to people seeking asylum in accessing higher education in Australia.

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