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Asylum seekers put their hands up to fill labour shortage in regional Victoria Posted SatSaturday 2 JanJanuary 2021 at 6:58pm Mizamu Mahari and Morteza Darvishpoor had little experience in the country before they took on the packing job. ( Share Print text only Cancel Just a few months ago, Mizamu Mahari could not have imagined he would be living on a farm two hours from Melbourne, gingerly stepping into a saddle on a horse. To be honest, it s not like the city, he said. The 28 year-old electrical specialist from Ethiopia is one of six asylum seekers who came from Melbourne in mid-November to help fill the huge demand for agricultural labour. ....