Settlement Outcomes of Syrian-conflict Refugee Families in Australia

Funding: 2017: $70,000
2018: $140,000
2019: $155,000
2020: $85,000

Project Member(s): Collins, J.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Linkage Projects)
Australian Research Council (ARC Linkage Projects)
Settlement Services International
Access Community Services Limited
MDA LTD

Start year: 2017

Summary: The Syrian conflict has generated an unprecedented flow of refugees across Europe and other countries, including Australia. These countries face new challenges in providing successful settlement outcomes for the refugees. Utilizing a longitudinal study of 250 refugee families and fieldwork in key areas of high refugee settlement in NSW, Victoria and Queensland, the project focuses on the policy responses to, and settlement outcomes for, Syrian-conflict refugee families in Australia with an emphasis on employment and education. International collaboration from Germany, Sweden, Finland, Canada and New Zealand will generate comparative insights to identify policy and program responses that lead to the most successful settlement outcomes.

FOR Codes: Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare, School/Institution Community and Environment, Migration, Ethnic Education (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Maori and Pacific Peoples), Multicultural education (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, M¿¿ori and Pacific Peoples), Other education and training not elsewhere classified, Migrant and refugee settlement services, Multicultural services

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