'Just to know the boys were on the flight with Joe and he wasn't alone meant the world' - The volunteers watching over young Irish expats in Australia

"In a province the size of western Europe, a non-profit organisation helps emigrants in crisis"

"Nathan Slane remembers standing helplessly across the road from a building site in Western Australia's capital city Perth nearly 10 years ago."

"Blinded by the flashing lights of the ambulances, the then 24-year-old from Omagh, Co Tyrone, recalls being jostled by a gathering crowd as word spread that two labourers had been killed in a freak accident."

Nathan Slane stood across the road from a Perth building site nearly ten years ago, watching flashing ambulance lights and a gathering crowd. He was 24 and from Omagh, Co Tyrone, and felt helpless as word spread that two labourers had been killed in a freak accident. A non-profit organisation operates across a province the size of western Europe to assist emigrants in crisis. The organisation provides emergency support, practical assistance and connections to services for emigrants facing accidents, displacement or other urgent situations across vast distances.

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