A whole-of-community approach
Local community responses to refugee settlement–integration in rural Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7147722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Radford (0000-0002-1905-6579, UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia, corresponding author), George Tan (0000-0003-1696-3680, The University of Adelaide), Heidi Hetz (0000-0002-4162-0754, UniSA Education Futures), Branka Krivokapic-Skoko (0000-0003-3373-7124, Charles Sturt University), Arefa Hassani (UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-103 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Geographer (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9182 • E-ISSN: 1465-3311 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00049182.2023.2251627 |
| OpenAlex | W4386588588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 27 |
Humanitarian migrants are moving to rural areas in Australia in increasing numbers, where it is often local communities who take responsibility for their settlement–integration. Current models acknowledge that settlement–integration is a two-way process between humanitarian migrants and the rural community but remain overly focused on the actions of humanitarian migrants while neglecting the conditions of rural communities. This article discusses the case study of a rural Australian town where humanitarian migrants, Hazaras from Afghanistan, have settled over the past decade. We draw on Jenny Phillimore’s ‘Five domains of opportunity structures’ model of settlement-integration – locality, discourse, relations, structure and initiatives and support – to explore how local government, the mayor and volunteer refugee/migrant support groups facilitate a welcoming community. The case study provides evidence for Phillimore’s ‘opportunity structures’ as effective conditions for positive humanitarian migrant settlement–integration in a rural context. Through the lens of Phillimore’s opportunity structures, we operationalise a Whole-of-Community concept in the context of rural humanitarian settlement–integration
Archaeology · Business · Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Local community · Political science · Refugee · Rural area · Rural settlement · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Rural and regional settlement of former refugees and humanitarian migrants
“It's not so bad
Everyday refugee integration
Whole of community or battleground? Exploring actor relationships and migrant integration in small and medium-sized towns
The Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Treatment Resistance in Refugee Patients at a Rural Australian Primary Health Service
The role of academics as refugee policy advocates
Who Syria was Never Safe For
Intersectional precarity of Hazara Afghan refugee migrants in rural Australia
Taking shadow infrastructures of care seriously
Integration of refugees in rural areas and the role of the receiving society
The Regional Migration-Development Nexus in Australia
A Multicultural and Multifunctional Countryside? International Labour Migration and Australia's Productivist Heartlands
Australian Foreign Policy under the Abbott Government
Refugee-Integration-Opportunity Structures
Lives in limbo
New Immigration Destinations (NID) unravelling the challenges and opportunities for migrants and for host communities
Everyday life as a refugee in a rural setting – What determines a sense of belonging and what role can the local community play in generating it
Precarious rural cosmopolitanism
Cultural diversity, racialisation and the experience of racism in rural Australia
Social cohesion in rural Australia
A Tale of Two Communities
The role of local government in migrant and refugee settlement in regional and rural Australia
Understanding Integration
What Is "Successful" Resettlement? Refugee Narratives From Regional New South Wales in Australia
Everyday otherness' - intercultural refugee encounters and everyday multiculturalism in a South Australian rural town
Space, Place and Identity
Regional migration and the local multicultural imaginary
Having a good friend, a good neighbour, can help you find yourself
Centring settler colonialism in rural Australian multicultures
Aussies? Afghans? Hazara refugees and migrants negotiating multiple identities and belonging in Australia
The roles of employers in the regional settlement of recently arrived migrants and refugees
Making connections in a regional city
Boutique Multiculturalism, or Why Liberals Are Incapable of Thinking about Hate Speech
Non-metropolitan productions of multiculturalism
Gender and Refugee Integration
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |