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Regionalizing Immigration, Health and Inequality: Iraqi Refugees in Australia

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  • Katie Vasey

    (School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, P.O. Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145, Australia)

  • Lenore Manderson

    (School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, P.O. Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145, Australia)

Abstract

Humanitarian immigrants and refugees face multiple adjustment tasks and post-settlement support services concentrated in metropolitan areas play an important role. As part of an ongoing commitment, the Australian Government has increasingly supported resettlement in rural and regional areas of the country. Drawing on the experience of Iraqi migrants in Victoria, Australia, we examine some of the conditions that characterize regional resettlement and raise key questions for public health policy. Structural vulnerabilities and discriminations impact upon physical, mental and social wellbeing, leading to further exclusion, with negative long-term implications. The discussion throws light on the issues that migrants and refugees may encounter in other parts within Australia, but are also germane in many countries and highlight the resulting complexity for policy-making.

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  • Katie Vasey & Lenore Manderson, 2012. "Regionalizing Immigration, Health and Inequality: Iraqi Refugees in Australia," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 2(1), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jadmsc:v:2:y:2012:i:1:p:47-62:d:15685
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    1. Joyce, Lisa & Liamputtong, Pranee, 2017. "Acculturation stress and social support for young refugees in regional areas," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 18-26.
    2. Clare Hawkes & Kimberley Norris & Janine Joyce & Douglas Paton, 2021. "Resettlement Stressors for Women of Refugee Background Resettled in Regional Australia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-17, April.

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