The Structural and Institutional Exclusion of Refugees in Australia

Ibi Losoncz

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The Structural and Institutional Exclusion of Refugees in Australia

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Australia has been involved in the UNHCR resettlement program since 1977 and is one of the top three resettlement countries in the world. Despite considerable experience and policy and program efforts, humanitarian migrants experience lower economic and social integration than other immigrants. This paper examines how social structures and institutional responses and practices play part to these outcomes. Drawing on data from an ethnographic study with recently settled South Sudanese refugees, and a longitudinal survey of humanitarian migrants in Australia, the chapter demonstrates that the main reason for this poor outcome is a lack of accessible pathways to refugee migrants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Refugee Resettlement: Power, Politics and Humanitarian Governance
Editors	A Garnier, L Lyra Jubilut & K Bergtora Sandvik
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Berghahn Books
Pages	139-158
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78533-944-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3240312
Publication status	Published - 2018

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