SETTLEMENT SUPPORT

Provide settlement support services to newly arrived migrants and refugees who are assessed by the association as facing poverty, suffering, helplessness, or distress. Develop client-based programs to alleviate suffering and distress caused by the intersectionality of LGBTQIA+ migrants and refugees, and for migrants and refugees with disabilities and mental health issues due to traumatic life experiences. Facilitate social, sporting, and recreational opportunities that promote integration and inclusion of migrants and refugees, identified as in genuine need of relief by the association, with the broader mainstream community.

Settlement Support

  • Building social connection
  • Facilitating employment pathways
  • Developing life skills
  • Providing access to settlement services
  • Helping migrants, refugees and asylum seekers understand their rights
  • Support for mental health and well-being, including for marginalised migrants who identify as LGBTQI+

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Events

15Jul2021

Post-Settlement Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Refugees and Asylum Seekers - A Mental Health Perspective

Join us in a discussion on the post-settlement experiences of LGBTQIA+ refugees, with a focus on impacts to mental health arising from settlement stress, language and cultural barriers, racial discrimination, ostracism from their own communities/families, and economic and social isolation.

From 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm

At Venue: Online Event

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17Jun2020

Refugee Week 2020: Issues and Perspectives

Please join us for our webinar celebrating Refugee Week 2020, as our panel of speakers share their experiences as refugees, as well as working with refugees in Australia and internationally.

From 09:30 am until 10:30 am

At Venue: Online Event

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