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dc.contributor.authorFleay, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorHartley, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorKenny, Mary Anne
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:32:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:32:16Z
dc.date.created2014-03-20T20:00:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationFleay, Caroline and Hartley, Lisa and Kenny, Mary Anne. 2013. Refugees and asylum seekers living in the Australian Community: the importance of work rights and employment support. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 48 (4): pp. 473-491.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12695
dc.description.abstract

While Australian legislation allows for the mandatory detention of asylum seekers arriving without a valid visa, in recent years the Australian Government has released thousands from immigration detention prior to their protection claims being finalised. This article outlines the results of interviews with eleven men who had been released into such community-based arrangements after long periods of immigration detention. The major challenge for most of the men who had been granted the right to work upon their release was securing employment, while being denied the right to work was the major challenge for those released without this right. This article explores the social and personal benefits that employment can offer asylum seekers and refugees and the implications it has for integration into their host country.

dc.publisherAustralian Council of Social Service
dc.relation.urihttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=878044060149373;res=IELHSS
dc.subjectrefugees
dc.subjectwork rights
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectasylum seekers
dc.titleRefugees and asylum seekers living in the Australian Community: the importance of work rights and employment support
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume48
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage473
dcterms.source.endPage491
dcterms.source.issn01576321
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Social Issues
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curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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