'No one wants to hire a foreigner': Egyptian immigrant who spent $7,000 on an Australian visa forced to leave the country - because 'Australian employers won't give migrants jobs'

  • Egyptian migrant family having to move across Australia as they can't find work 
  • Aliny family moved to Sunshine Coast early 2017 after previously living in Dubai
  • Husband Rafic has had to return to Dubai for work despite 18 years experience
  • Wife Suzan has worked 13 years as pharmacist technician but unable to find work
  • Suzan is now looking after their two children and moving to Western Australia

A migrant mother is having to move her young family across Australia after being unable to find work.

Suzan and Rafic Aliny moved to Australia in March from Dubai on the advice of her brother who fell in love with the country.

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Despite having more than a decade of experience in their respective fields, both Suzan and Rafic have been unable to attain employment for five months, forcing Rafic to move back to Dubai and Suzan to relocate her family to a remote mining town in Western Australia.

'This is my last chance in Australia,' she told Daily Mail Australia.

Suzan Aliny (pictured) is having to move her young family across Australia after being unable to find work 
Her children, Robin (left) and Dora (right) have not seen their father in three months. Suzan says they are very happy at their school and she fears having to relocate them to Western Australia

Suzan, who has worked as a pharmacist technician for more than 13 years and achieved her education at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Cairo, says the terms of her $7,000 visa only allowed her to live and work on the Sunshine Coast.

'The immigration department said they needed pharmacist technicians in Queensland. I was told I can't live in Brisbane or the Gold Coast, I had to live in a regional area,' she told Daily Mail Australia.

'I think they (Immigration Department) should exclude this area from the list and not encourage anyone to come here again. There are employment problems in the Sunshine Coast and they know that.'

Suzan said she has not been made to feel comfortable by other residents and feels as though many feel threatened by her taking jobs from locals.

'Regional areas don't have any awareness that foreigners are coming to this country. People stop me on the street with my kids and ask why do you come to Australia, why do you come to the Sunshine Coast?' she said.

'The government should know the areas they are sending people to.'

Suzan says she will allow the family two months to settle in Collie, a remote mining town more than 200km from Perth, and if it doesn't work they will return to Dubai
The Aliny family are moving from the stunning Sunshine Coast (pictured) to a remote mining town in Western Australia

She says she has been constantly denied jobs because of her lack of experience or unfamiliarity with the Australian medicine system and the software used.

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'I have big experience and pharmacy work is not a huge difference between countries. The medicine is the same between the countries.'

She says she applied for any role within a pharmacy and was denied. She also said she has been rejected for a number of other 'minor' roles, including a cleaner position, because she does not have experience.

'I tried as a cleaner and they didn't even accept me to do that. I tried for every minor job on the Sunshine Coast and nothing, even for the cleaner job which doesn't require any experience or qualifications, they rejected me for having no experience.'

Suzan told Daily Mail Australia the family also experienced difficulty finding a home to rent, and only found one after agreeing to pay four months rent upfront. 

She says she was unable to even enjoy the beautiful coastal area in which she lived because she was so upset with her situation.

'We didn't even see Noosa. I didn't visit anywhere on the Sunshine Coast because I wasn't feeling good enough to leave my house.'

Her husband has found similar difficulties getting a job. He works as a software engineer, working with sophisticated and intricate technology that is only used by the government and army, but because he is not an Australian resident he has been unable work in his field.

'My husband and I have applied for hundreds of jobs without reply,' she said.

Rafic has had to return to his job in Dubai, and Suzan says he cannot take any more leave to return to Australia because he fears losing his job. 

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The Aliny family have been living on the Sunshine Coast (pictured) since in March - but both Suzan and her husband Rafic have been unable to attain employment 
Suzan and her children are moving to Collie (pictured), a remote mining town more than 200kms from Perth

Their children, Robin, 8 and Dora, 5, have not seen their father in three months. Suzan says they are very happy at their school and she fears having to relocate them to Western Australia. 

'This is my last chance in Australia. I'm going to Western Australia, I got offered a job by an Egyptian friend of mine. If I applied i wouldn't be accepted, but he is a friend of my brother and he offered me the job because he knows I am suffering.'

She says she will allow the family two months to settle in Collie, a remote mining town more than 200km from Perth, and if it doesn't work they will return to Dubai.

'If my kids are psychologically effected by the move we will return to Dubai. I will give it 2 months and if I see they are feeling bad, that they can't accept they have new friends and a new community I will turn my back, and lose a lot of money.'

The family are leaving for Western Australia on Friday.

The Immigration Department told Daily Mail Australia as a holder of the 489 visa Suzan was nominated by the Queensland Government and was able to relocate after consultation with the state. 

'Applicants for this visa are sponsored by State or Territory governments based on their skills needs. States/Territories have their own requirements that applicants are required to meet to obtain sponsorship,' a spokeswoman said.

'Applicants applying for this visa may have to secure their own employment or demonstrate that they have an employment offer in place.'      

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