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Asylum and Settlement in Australia

Asylum and Settlement in Australia. Amrit Versha. Presentation Overview. Australia’s refugee program Re-Settlement Understanding- Communities & Government SSI Model weaknesses. Refugee settlement “unsettled” since 1989.

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Asylum and Settlement in Australia

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  1. Asylum and Settlement in Australia Amrit Versha

  2. Presentation Overview • Australia’s refugee program • Re-Settlement Understanding- Communities & Government • SSI Model • weaknesses

  3. Refugee settlement “unsettled” since 1989 • “Bastardisation” of Asylum seekers emerged from divergence from “accustomed images” of who refugees were and how they arrived • Australia's policy response on refugees is torn between ‘long-standing immigration controls” and new “politics of internationalization and integration” • Uneasy and interim accommodations within the immigration programme, with asylum seekers and offshore refugees being offset against one another.

  4. Settlement discourse • Historically the term indicates a coming to agreement after a period of conflict or turmoil and has ‘legalistic’ connotations (Roe 1998, 71). Used for nation building type ideology. • Governments - New arrived defined– first five years of arrival (DIAC Settlement report 2002) • “Citizenship” – testing • “Integration”- African wave

  5. Communities –understanding

  6. Settlement Services (Federal)

  7. Settlement Services International (SSI) formerly known as Migrant Resource Centres Association (MRCA) is a NSW peak agency representing the multicultural settlement service organisations. SSI signed the contract with Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) on 21 March and commenced providing Humanitarian Settlement Services (HSS) on 18 April 2011. SSI – HSS Model

  8. SSI Model

  9. Program Manager FinanceManager Operations Manager Quality Control Coordinator Training/Orientation Manager Admin. Assistant Bookkeeper SSI – HSS Staff Structure South North HEMS COORDINATOR Case Coordinator Transit Case Coordinator / Case Coordinator Case Coordinator & Regional Case Coordinator Case Coordinator Case Coordinator LCMs (3) LMRC LCM (.1/2) St George LCM (1) Sydney MCS LCMs (2) Metro LCMs (3) FMRC LCMs (2) Parramatta LCMs (3) SydWest LCMs (4) Auburn BHW Network Volunteers Bilingual Humanitarian Workers (40)

  10. Referral process

  11. Huge backlog created due to Transitioning Out of last provider Large numbers during Transition In for SSI Biggest numbers – 202 & 866 Many 866 already released and referred after Clients status

  12. Lack of planning (number based) Controlled by provision of Short term Accommodation (high pressure zones) Affordable housing (Long term accommodation) Case management model but limited in its capacity due to the nature of the contract Emerging issues

  13. Strengths • Model is localised and makes sense to clients • Exit pathways for clients • Value added services through MRCs

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