A Long Way from Home? The Rural and Regional Resettlement Experiences of Visible Migrants and Refugees

This international academic conference is hosted by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project, Resettling Visible Migrants and Refugees in Rural and Regional Australia, conducted out of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne in partnership with the Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship (OMAC) and Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV).

Regional and rural settlement of migrants and refugees is an increasingly relevant settlement trend in Australia, assisted by government policy and community sector initiatives and motivated by migrants and refugees themselves. Settlement is influenced by the pre-arrival experiences of migrants and refugees, along with a multitude of micro and macro factors in the social, political and economic realms of the destination country, which play out differently in metropolitan and regional or rural locations. The visibility of the most recently arrived migrants and refugees from Africa, the Middle East, South and South-East Asia is also a feature of their settlement experience.

Exploring these issues and related debates, this conference will showcase the emerging work of the ARC Linkage Project and engage other leading academics to provide a wider national, international and comparative overview of regional migration and settlement trends, policies and practice.

To register please visit the conference registration web page. Early-bird registration closes Friday 20 January.

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010