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Workforce shortage in the sights of GROW program to bring refugees to regional NSW
When Esiteli Nyirarukundo moved from a Kenyan refugee camp to Albury in New South Wales during 2016, she did not know what to expect.
She had lived in the camp for six years, after originally coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- ABC Goulburn Murray / By Katherine Smyrk
When she arrived in southern NSW, she was just shy of turning 25, spoke limited English, and was a single mother to a young son.
Now she is the one helping people take their first steps to settle in a new country.
Ms Nyirarukundo is the local coordinator of a new program that helps migrants and refugees establish themselves in Murray and Riverina regional communities.
“For the longest time I’ve been having a…