Ethnic relations
Report
‘I still don’t feel safe to go home’: voices of Rohingya refugees
The report is the result of interviews with more than 200 Rohingya refugees living in makeshift camps in Bangladesh, providing an opportunity for some of them to share their stories, hopes and experiences.
Report
Revisiting recognition: report on the roundtable with Australian South Sea Islanders
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs recommends that the Australian government establish an interdepartmental working group to liaise with Australian South Sea Islander (ASSI) groups, so as to identify priority areas to address disadvantage, improve coordination with state governments, and address problems in the provision and delivery of culturally...
Report
What it takes to truly be ‘one of us’
Debates over what it means to be a “true” American, Australian, German or other nationality have often highlighted the importance of a person being born in a particular country. But contrary to such rhetoric, this Pew Research Center survey finds that people generally place a relatively low premium on a person’s birthplace. Only 13% of...
Briefing paper
Punishment as Prevention 5.0
In July 2016, the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria’s (ECCV) consulted with culturally diverse communities, parents, teachers and legal experts on lowering the age of control orders for children aged 14 in the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2015.
Working paper
Next-door strangers: explaining ‘neighbourliness’ between Hindus and Muslims in a riot-affected city
One of the factors demonstrated by racial or religious segregation is people’s preference for residential homophily – the tendency of like-minded people to gather in the same places. This paper is based on previous and ongoing ethnography in heterogeneous neighbourhoods located in three municipal wards of western India.