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ABSTRACT Focusing on the period from the adoption of the 1967 Declaration on Territorial Asylum to the 1977 Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Territorial Asylum in Geneva, this article exam... Read more
ABSTRACT Digital technology plays an important role in women’s everyday lives. Various factors determine adoption, use, and enjoyment of digital technology by women. Our 2016 Library Quarter... Read more
ABSTRACT A neoliberal paradigm has shaped Australian Government Indigenous policy over the last twenty-five years. Neoliberal policy proscriptions are one part of a wider dialectic of domina... Read more
EXTRACT As migrant- and refugee-receiving countries in Europe, North America, and beyond prioritize services that are focused on employment, language instruction, and civic integration, newc... Read more
ABSTRACT White ignorance has a critical impact on race relations and is implicated in the maintenance of Aboriginal disadvantage. Addressing this ignorance is a largely overlooked capacity?b... Read more
ABSTRACT This paper is inspired by a conversation about the differences in treatment of refugees in Australia depending on their mode of arrival. The circumstances for seeking asylum are sim... Read more
ABSTRACT April 2018 marked the 50th anniversary month in the UK of Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech, widely condemned for its anti-immigrant, racist rhetoric. Time has shown how wrong... Read more
ABSTRACT Representing stories through documentary film can offer a means to convey multilayered and sensory accounts of the lived experiences of people in extreme transition, especially form... Read more
ABSTRACT In view of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ which began in late 2014, there is a growing potential demand for higher education opportunities amongst refugee communities in England and... Read more
ABSTRACT Objective: This paper explores the role of culture in shaping human experiences related to health. The analysis of interviews with refugee and asylum seekers in a regional area of A... Read more
ABSTRACT By recognizing the increasing focus on community development projects and programs, this chapter discusses the concept and changing nature of communities and various agents (people... Read more
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the previously reviewed research literature to identify barriers and facilitators to health service utilisation by ref... Read more
ABSTRACT State sovereignty, in terms of the organisation and expression of political authority by nation states, is traditionally interpreted as a political container that is being weakened... Read more
EXTRACT Education is not only a human right. It is also tool for peacebuilding. In 2019, Reuben Garang conducted a feasibility study with South Sudanese refugee families living in refugee ca... Read more
Factors Impacting Life Satisfaction of Refugees in Australia – The Australian Community Psychologist
ABSTRACT Individuals from war-torn countries seek refuge in Australia. Their life satisfaction, which depends on a range of personal and contextual factors, is not fully understood. The pres... Read more
