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The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) has produced a short report outlining the opportunities and challenges of refugee and migrant settlement in rural and regional Australia. Drawing on the case studies of Karen refugee settlement in Nhill, the settlemen

This case study contributes to the discussion on rural and regional settlement by providing community perspectives on how access to government services and community attitudes impact new and emerging communities’ economic participation, social integration, sense of belonging, and sett

This report is the product of a collaboration between AMES and Deloitte Access Economics. Since early 2010, approximately 160 Karen refugees have resettled in Nhill, a small town in north western Victoria. The report provides new and important insights into the economic and social val

Steven the donkey – the story of Sunday Garang (Reproduced with the kind permission of Sharon Sandy, Student Wellbeing Coordinator, Latrobe English Language Centre, Traralgon.) I was born in a refugee camp named Kakuma, in Kenya.  In the camp, our life was difficult.  We had no

Purpose of this document This table was developed by the Victorian Refugee Health Network in conjunction with refugee health service providers in order to identify current practice to identify current gaps in refugee and asylum seeker health service delivery. The table is intended for

The Refugee Council of Australia (RCoA) produced this bibliography of Australian-based research and data on refugee settlement in rural and regional areas in October 2011. It outlines current trends and a great deal of the research is Victoria-based.

This is a report from a Rural Forum Hosted by the Victorian Refugee Health Network.  The aim of the forum was to bring together service providers to discuss service development to respond to the health and wellbeing needs of people of a refugee background in rural areas. The discussio

The Rural health Forum was held on Friday October 8th 2010 at Foundation House in Brunswick. This was a one-day forum to discuss the particular issues facing regional health service providers in developing appropriate services and support to respond to the health and well-being needs

The Victorian Refugee Health Network in reviewing how to best support rural and regional service providers conducted an online survey from June 2nd to July 11th, 2011. The survey was promoted via the Network E-Bulletin and targeted emails were sent to the coordinators of regional Refu