This page provides information for refugees living in Australia or settling in Australia. It provides links to key resources.
Education and employment
What challenges do refugees in Australia face in getting education and employment? What are some of the initiatives and successes in getting refugees access to study and work? You can find more information by type here.Latest
Our work
An unnecessary penalty: Economic impacts of changes to the Status Resolution Support Services
This paper finds that the changes to Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) will force people into situations of material poverty rather than assisting them to find employment. Removing income and case management...
Factsheets, reports & resources
Study finds paid work and volunteering amongst refugees helps facilitate integration
New research has been conducted into the impact of employment and volunteering in facilitating health and wellbeing outcomes for refugees in regional or rural areas in Australia. The article Qualitative exploration of...
Refugees are the most entrepreneurial migrants in Australia
Refugees are Australia’s most entrepreneurial migrants and are almost twice as likely to be entrepreneurs as the wider Australian population. Despite this, both current policy and refugee settlement services focus on...
Jobactive employment program a ‘harsh bureaucratic nightmare’, senate report finds.
Refugees are amongst out-of-work Australians suffering under a ‘harsh bureaucratic nightmare’ that is the Federal Government’s employment program – Jobactive. A Senate inquiry report states that...
University a pathway to meaningful lives for people seeking asylum
The means to access higher education is critical for the individual wellbeing of people seeking asylum and their ability to contribute to society. A report funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher...
The Staging Post
Jolyon Hoff The Staging Post follows two Afghan Hazara refugees, Muzafar and Khadim. Stuck in Indonesia after Australia ‘stopped the boats’ and facing many years in limbo, they built a community and started...
Labour migration as complementary pathways for refugees in the Asia-Pacific
This paper from the Lowy Institute looks at he nature of abour migration in the Asia-Pacific region, and its relationship to pathways for people seeking asylum. It aims to identify ways in which countries can extend...
What do we know about people seeking asylum and employment?
Misinformation about people seeking asylum and employment is widespread. A journal article, 'People seeking asylum in Australia and their access to employment: just what do we know?', examines what we do and do not know...
People seeking asylum and higher Education in Australia: National Symposium report
This is a summary of a report which has been published from a national symposium on access to higher education for people seeking asylum held in November 2017.
