There are over 1 million migrant workers in Australia who aren’t eligible for any financial support from the government as they try to navigate their way through this crisis. Some have been here for years, and they’re now stranded in a country that won’t help them and unable to get home as borders remain shut. Today, we speak to one migrant worker negotiating this new reality. 

Guest: 7am producer Ruby Schwartz.

Background reading:

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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