Refugee Settlement will equip students with a critical understanding of the policies and practices of Settlement in Australia and other refugee receiving nations. Specifically it will provide students with a broad appreciation of the work of refugee settlement officers in Australia and the major challenges for such work. Drawing on key sociological accounts of migrant experience, research on public discourses surrounding refugees and refugee stories, this subject will equip students with a number of frameworks for understanding settlement practices and experiences.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2020.
HD/FL
One session
Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security
- understanding 'settlement' , 'integration', 'assimilation' and 'multiculturalism' - histories of refugee settlement in Australia - resettlement as a tool of international protection and durable solution - settlement in relation to onshore and offshore refugee programmes - the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy and the Community Refugee Settlement Scheme - the role of government in settlement service provision. - the role of non government organisations in settlement service provision - stages of settlement or settlement as process - articulating and responding to refugee needs: differing approaches - preparation and for offshore refugees - special needs groups - comparative studies of settlement policies - refugee voices - public discourses on refugees - migrant identities
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2020. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.