“I can speak five languages” says, William Simba, a Congolese community leader In Armidale. “For someone who can speak for three, four languages, adding the fifth one is not hard because already, the brain is ready for that.”
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Since 2018, the New South Wales city of Armidale has been a designated site for resettling refugees. It’s a town that sits within the electorate of Barnaby Joyce. While Joyce was a key voice supporting Armidale’s establishment as a refugee resettlement site, he’s since defected from the Nationals to One Nation.
Guardian Australia’s community affairs reporter Adeshola Ore traveled to Armidale last month to speak with Joyce and community members, including refugees, to find out how the town squares with One Nation’s vision of a monoculture. Watch the full video: “One Nation wants to restrict migration. A town in Barnaby Joyce’s electorate welcomes it”
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