Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community and
Identity is a multi-year research programme that was developed to better
understand the long-term journeys of refugees in New Zealand. The research
programme was led by the Department of Labour, with the Ministry of Social
Development and the Department of Internal Affairs acting as key partner
agencies.
The first phase of the research was an annotated bibliography and thematic
review of the relevant literature, which provided evidence on the factors that act
as facilitators or barriers to integration. The second phase gathered stakeholders’
perspectives on significant changes in the refugee resettlement sector since 1987
and on the development of refugee communities in New Zealand.
The third phase, covered in this report, was a face–to-face survey of 512 former
refugees who arrived in New Zealand under the Refugee Quota Programme
between 1993 and 1999. The survey was designed to be representative of the
population of refugees who arrived during this period and achieved a response
rate of 41.5 percent. The report also includes findings from in-depth interviews
and focus groups that were used to explore certain aspects of the survey in
greater depth.
- Citation: Searle, W., Prouse, E., L’Ami, E., Gray, A., & Gruner, A. (2012). New Land, New Life: Long term settlement of refugees in New Zealand (main report). Quota Refugees Ten Years on. Department of Labour. Wellington.
- Creator: Wendy Searle, Emma Prouse, Emily L’Ami, Alison Gray, Anna Gruner Labour and Immigration Research Centre Labour Group Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Language: English
- Year: 2012-08-06
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