At present there are at least 70 Afghanistan men living and working in the shire, with mayor Paul Maytom hosting a Harmony Day and welcome celebration earlier this month.

Councillor Maytom said all of the men had come to Australia as refugees, but all were here legally, allowing them to work to build a life in Leeton.

He was only recently made aware of how many were living in the shire and thought something needed to be done to introduce them to the community and have them be involved.

"There was a recent forum in Griffith where Deidre Moulden from St Vincent de Paul spoke about the men and what they had been through," Cr Maytom said.

"From there we saw it as an opportunity to get all of them together and welcome them to our community.

"Most of them can't speak English, but they do have an English teacher.

"Abdullah Nazari is one of the men and he does a lot of their translating.

"We've been working hard to establish a connection."

The Harmony Day celebration included a barbecue, but access to vital services, including the Department of Human Services and Centacare NSW was also available.

Cr Maytom would like to establish a working group to develop a plan to help the men integrate into the community.

"We would love to get them involved in some of the sporting organisations," he said.

"They are here without their families and most have really heartbreaking stories to tell.

"All of the men are working here, so we want to include them and give them a better idea of where they are living."

One of the next events will be to get the group together and give them a tour of Leeton's attractions and facilities.

Cr Maytom also recently conducted a naturalisation ceremony for one of the men, Shukrullah Karimi.