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JUNE 2019 Exploring family values: Issue 51 explores the complex conversation on Australian values and should encourage discussions between friends, families and colleagues. This issue explo... Read more
20 June 2019 Theme: #StepWithRefugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day Around the world, communities, schools, businesses, faith groups and people from all walks of life are taking big and... Read more
Fitzroy, Thursday 20 June, 2018 The Research & Policy Centre at the Brotherhood of St Laurence is delighted to invite you to attend our very special World Refugee Day session of Brother... Read more
20 June 2019 World Refugee Day ‘Surrounded with so much uncertainty’: asylum seekers and manufactured precarity in Australia / J van Kooy, D Bowman* – Journal of Ethnic and... Read more
Prosecuting and Partnering for Social Change: Law, Social Movements and Australia’s Mandatory Detention for Refugees and Asylum Seekers ABSTRACT This chapter discusses the use of law and leg... Read more
ABSTRACT Haigh and Moloney examine the manner in which social equity is embedded in Australian public policy. The chapter argues that Australia’s colonial settlers and their early government... Read more
EXTRACT The search for more effective and equitable methods to share responsibility for refugees among states and other actors has been a key focus of global discussions on forced migration... Read more
ABSTRACT Australia has been aggressively pursuing skilled migrants to sustain its population and foster economic growth. However, many skilled migrants experience a downward career move upon... Read more
ABSTRACT Objectives: Current regional conflicts are creating a surge in forced migration, and heightened visa restrictions are increasingly being applied. The current study aimed to examine... Read more
ABSTRACT When faced with political violence, why do some people choose to leave their homes while others stay? This article looks for motivations, particularly socioeconomic factors, behind... Read more
Social integration and mental health – a decomposition approach to mental health inequalities between the foreign-born and native-born in Sweden ABSTRACT Background: The increasing me... Read more
Strategies To Increase Cultural Diversity In The Workplace: A Study Of Several Approaches And Their Offered Benefits ABSTRACT Cultural discrimination and differences results due to low accep... Read more
Journey to Refuge: Understanding Refugees, Exploring Trauma, and Best Practices for Newcomers and Schools EXTRACT About ten years ago, I began to think about how much struggle there seemed t... Read more
ABSTRACT This article explores the status of temporariness in international migration. The focus is on the impact of temporary status on migrants’ actions, behavior, and emotional responses... Read more
Gender disparities and psychological distress among humanitarian migrants in Australia: a moderating role of migration pathway? ABSTRACT Background: The role of migration pathway (refugees... Read more
