Happy, safe and welcomed - but major barriers to settlement still affect Syrian and Iraqi refugees

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Refugee and musician George Karam Source: SBS

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It's been more than four years since a special intake of 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees were granted Australian citizenship after fleeing a horrifying war and the brutal persecution of IS.

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