Fed: Community fights to keep its refugees

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Fed: Community fights to keep its refugees

A New South Wales community will fight to keep its Afghani refugees after a reportfound they are saving the federal government $1.5 million a year.

Around 90 refugees have been working in the western New South Wales town of Young forthe past 18 months.

But many of their three year temporary protection visas are now running out.

The report, by Sydney University's economics lecturer FRANK STILWELL, found the refugees,who are working in a local abattoir, have injected at least $2.5 …