Cultural assimilation
Report
Migration and development in the Pacific Islands: lessons from the New Zealand experience
This study investigates New Zealand's experience with migration from Pacific countries. It updates a similar study by the same two authors in 1995.
Policy report
Settling in: exploring good settlement for refugee young people in Australia
This paper seeks to explore definitions and meanings of ‘good settlement’, investigate our current service system, introduce some of the components of effective settlement systems which address young people’s needs, and make a series of recommendations within a ‘framework for good youth settlement.’
Article
A test that will divide, not unite
A citizenship test would exclude people who for all practical purposes are Australians, write Brian Costar and Peter Mares.
Report
We've boundless plains to share: The first report of the People's Inquiry into detention
The comprehensive findings from the People’s Inquiry will be published in 2007. This first report highlights a range of experiences of asylum seekers in their journey to detention and the detention experience. It has been presented for public information and consideration and will also form part of the final report. The final report will also...
Discussion paper
Measures to improve settlement outcomes for humanitarian entrants
This discussion paper seeks views on three key areas of humanitarian program policy: the development of a Complex Case Support Network, the expansion of the Australian Cultural Orientation Programme, and strengthened requirements for Special Humanitarian Program proposers.