TY - BOOK
T1 - Settlement Cities: A Place-Based Study of Australia's Major Refugee Settlement Destinations
AU - Abubasheer, Ayah
AU - Gavranovic, Altin
AU - Tomsic, Mary
AU - Venner, Mary
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The report takes a place-based approach to refugee settlement, focusing on the LGAs where refugees most frequently settle in Australia. Based on in-depth qualitative interviews and focus groups with refugees and local service providers, the report highlights: the aspirations, achievements and challenges refugees experience when settling in Australia; how refugees feel about the places they now live in; refugee experiences of community and belonging; challenges and strategies for equitable access to local services. The report draws attention to the major contribution ethno-specific community associations and networks make to helping new refugee arrivals settle more quickly and easily in Australia. It calls for improved government funding for and engagement with small ethno-specific community associations to support and enhance the crucial work they do. Another major contribution is the report’s case-study based discussion of best practices in inclusive service delivery based on the experience of Settlement Cities and its recommendations for approaches to fostering more consistently inclusive service-delivery in areas that settle large numbers of refugees.
AB - The report takes a place-based approach to refugee settlement, focusing on the LGAs where refugees most frequently settle in Australia. Based on in-depth qualitative interviews and focus groups with refugees and local service providers, the report highlights: the aspirations, achievements and challenges refugees experience when settling in Australia; how refugees feel about the places they now live in; refugee experiences of community and belonging; challenges and strategies for equitable access to local services. The report draws attention to the major contribution ethno-specific community associations and networks make to helping new refugee arrivals settle more quickly and easily in Australia. It calls for improved government funding for and engagement with small ethno-specific community associations to support and enhance the crucial work they do. Another major contribution is the report’s case-study based discussion of best practices in inclusive service delivery based on the experience of Settlement Cities and its recommendations for approaches to fostering more consistently inclusive service-delivery in areas that settle large numbers of refugees.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:68148
UR - https://assets.nationbuilder.com/erc/pages/1925/attachments/original/1666659940/Settlement_Cities_Report_2022-A4-02-V3_260922-WEB.pdf?1666659940
M3 - Research report
BT - Settlement Cities: A Place-Based Study of Australia's Major Refugee Settlement Destinations
PB - Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education
CY - Balmain, N.S.W.
ER -