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Isobel Roe

Thousands of Syrian, Iraqi refugees to be settled in four south-east Queensland cities

New Toowoomba residents Zainabu and Abdul-Aziz spent six years in a refugee camp in Uganda. (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

About 3,500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees bound for Queensland will be settled in four cities in the state's south-east, the Federal Government has confirmed.

The Social Services Department said the refugees, which were part of Australia's commitment to take an additional 12,000 refugees from Syria, would be set up in Brisbane, Logan, the Gold Coast and in Toowoomba.

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