Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/239698 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] Administrative Sciences [ISSN:] 2076-3387 [Volume:] 2 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 47-62
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
Humanitarian immigrants and refugees face multiple adjustment tasks and post-settlement support services concentrated in metropolitan areas play an important role. As part of an ongoing commitment, the Australian Government has increasingly supported resettlement in rural and regional areas of the country. Drawing on the experience of Iraqi migrants in Victoria, Australia, we examine some of the conditions that characterize regional resettlement and raise key questions for public health policy. Structural vulnerabilities and discriminations impact upon physical, mental and social wellbeing, leading to further exclusion, with negative long-term implications. The discussion throws light on the issues that migrants and refugees may encounter in other parts within Australia, but are also germane in many countries and highlight the resulting complexity for policy-making.
Subjects: 
Australia
refugees
regional resettlement
support services
vulnerability
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