Andrew O'Keefe met young Amir Saeed, a teenager who, along with his family, escaped to Australia from war-torn Iraq.

Andrew also visited Fairfield High where students range from more than 65 different countries. The school includes a cafe and community garden to help foster community and to help parents and students to adjust to Australian life.

Fairfield's Refugee Resettlement program has beven been acknowledged by the United Nations and is geared toward building students into contributing members of Australian society.

Twitter:
@AntoniniaMaltese - good to see Fairfield in the news for something positive... :-)
@stankovicv - Finally! A positive story about migrants in Oz from the media. Thanks @sunriseon7, it's not done enough.
@NorthLauraSim - @sunriseon7 Andrews story on Fairfield High School truly inspiring and wonderful!

@sassyRhe - Great story @sunriseon7 on Fairfield High. It's great to see contributing to a more tolerant & accepting multicultural Australia

Facebook:
Karina Sepos - So inspirational. Bought a tear to my eye.
Susan Thomas - I thought it was a wonderful story, and what a lovely family, who have embraced Australia l00%....More of these stories that are happy ones please....
Carter Christine - I always find these stories inspirational helping others is a great human trait. The comments, however are always diverse - people who are financially insecure & battlers, understandably discouraged and asking why. On struggle street its hard to understand how we can help other when we have so many in need already.

Tanya Sophios - Wonderful story of hope, we australians need to stop generalising and be understanding to others. Most Australians have no idea really what these people have to live with in their country of origin, and the minority of those who cause trouble for Australia are exactly that and not the majority, ... Think about it! And stop generalising Australians!!

Meet the Saeeds

But not everyone sees this as a positive story...
Huda Alshamari - Wr are migrants too but we came in a temporary visa as skilled migrants but we are not treated the same as those refugees though we are working paying taxes etc we are not a burden to anybody.

Jeanette Holliday - Why is there so many struggling families out there that need Charity to help them out and to even put food on the table or help with students school uniforms and pay bills. What are these Refugees getting rewarded for? It is not fair for the poor Aussie Battlers.

Related links
Some great Australians who happened to be refugees - Kochie's blog
The real benefits for Asylum Seekers in Australia - Kochie's blog