Pourdarab is not alone. The Australian Institute of Family Studies found only one quarter of refugees secure employment within the first two years.
What changed Pourdarab's life was meeting Carmen Garcia, the founder of an Adelaide-based employment service, Community Corporate. It connected him with an employer.
Garcia said: "Last financial year, Community Corporate supported more than 1,600 people across Australia and 91 per cent of those were from migrant or refugee backgrounds.”
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