The economic and subsequent societal benefits that former refugees offer a host country is poorly understood in New Zealand. These former refugees are noted to be a most vulnerable minority…
Advocacy
“We Want to Contribute”: Former Refugees’ Perspectives and Aspirations on Economic Integration
By: Associate Professor Huibert Peter de Vries - University of Canterbury; Associate Professor Nirosha Wellalage - University of South Australia; Dr Nadeera Ranabahu – University of Canterbury; Dr Ruth Helen Samujh - Capric Enterprises (NZ) Limited; Sandya Rajapakshe - Refugee Orientation Centre Trust
Published: 2023-07-28
Refugee and Asylum seekers
Safe Start, Fair Future Report
By: Professor Jay Marlowe, Bernard Sama
Published: 2022-07-06
In March 2022, the government will review the New Zealand Refugee resettlement Strategy (NZRRS) for the first time in 10 years. This report responds to this opportunity and argues that…
Migrants and Former Refugees
Refugee and Asylum seekers
A Rainbow Refugee Quota for Aotearoa
By: Centre for Asia Refugee Rights Studies (CAPRS)
Published: 2022-07-01
A Rainbow Refugee Quota for Aotearoa is an attempt at policy change. The report’s audience is decision makers in government, but it also recognises the need for policy to be…
Refugee and Asylum seekers
Belonging and Transnational Refugee Settlement
By: Jay Marlowe
Published: 2017-09-27
This book has been written during a time of great change and contestation as it relates to forced migration and global politics. The Syrian crisis has continued to deepen as…
Migrants and Former Refugees
Refugee and Asylum seekers
Accessing ‘Authentic’ Knowledge: Being and Doing with the Sudanese Community
By: Jay Marlowe
Published: 2009-01-01
This paper reports on the research process and the necessity of elevating the voices of Southern Sudanese men resettling in Adelaide, Australia to better understand how they have responded to…