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1 RECOMMENDED READINGS - REFUGEE AND MIGRANT YOUNG PEOPLE Key readings 1. Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)(2004) A Last Resort? The National Enquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, AHRC, accessed from 2. AHRC (2004) Mental Health of Children in Immigration Detention, AHRC, 4. Centre for Multicultural Youth (2011) Finding Home in Victoria - Refugee and migrant young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, Centre for Multicultural Youth, Melbourne, accessed from 5. Collins, J., Noble, G., Poynting, S. & Tabar, P. (2000) Kebabs, Kids, Cops & Crime: Youth, Ethnicity & Crime, Pluto Press Australia Limited, Annandale. 3. Australian Multicultural Advisory Council (2010) People of Australia, The Australian Multicultural Advisory Council s Statement on Cultural Diversity: recommendations to Government, accessed from 6. Commonwealth of Australia (2011) The People of Australia: Australia s Multicultural Policy, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, accessed from Centre for Multicultural Youth 304 Drummond Street Carlton VIC

2 7. Couch, J. (2011) A New Way Home: refugee young people and homelessness in Australia, Journal of Social Inclusion, 2 (1) 39-52, accessed from 8. Coventry, L., Guerra, C., Mackenzie, D. and Pinkney, S. (2002) Wealth of All Nations: Identification of strategies to assist young people in transition to independence, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, Tasmania, accessed from -of-all-nations.pdf 9. Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)(2011) Immigration Detention Statistics Summary (2011), DIAC, Canberra, accessed from DIAC (2011) Submission to the Inquiry into the Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010, DIAC 11. Francis, S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) Multicultural Youth in Australia: Settlement and Transition, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues and Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, accessed from tober_2007.pdf 12. Francis S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) Working with Multicultural Youth: Programs, Strategies and Future Directions, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues and Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, accessed from ober_2007.pdf 13. Gifford S. M., Correa-Vleez, I, and Sampson, R. (2009) Good Starts for recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds: promoting wellbeing in the first three years of Settlement in Melbourne, La Trobe Refugee Research Centre, Melbourne, accessed from

3 14. Joint Standing Committee on Migration (2009) Immigration detention in Australia: Facilities, services and transparency, Commonwealth of Australia Lopez, M. (2000) The Origins of Multiculturalism in Australian Politics , Melbourne University Press, Carlton South. 16. Mansouri, F. et al. (2009) The Impact of Racism Upon the Health and Wellbeing of Young Australians, Foundation for Young Australians, Melbourne, accessed from Mares, S., Newman, L., Dudley, M. & Gale, F., (2002) Seeking refuge, losing hope: parents and children in immigration detention, Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 10(2), Markus, A. and Dharmalingam, A. (2007) Mapping Social Cohesion: the Scanlon Foundation Surveys, The Scanlon Foundation, Australian Multicultural Foundation and Monash University, Melbourne, accessed from sion.pdf 19. Paradies, Y., Chandrakumar, L., Klocker, N., Frere, M., Webster, K., Burrell, M., & McLean, P. (2009) Building on our strengths: a framework to reduce race-based discrimination and support diversity in Victoria. Full report, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Melbourne, accessed from Projects/Freedom-from-discrimination/Building-on-our-strengths.aspx 20. SBS Television, Immigration Nation, see Steel, Z., (2003) The Politics of Exclusion and Denial: The Mental Health Costs of Australia s Refugee Policy, Paper presented at the 38 th Congress Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Hobart, May, 2003, accessed from

4 22. Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) Rights of Passage: The experience of Australian-Sudanese young people, VEOHRC, Melbourne, accessed from id=571:rights-of-passage-the-experiences-of-australian-sudanese-youngpeople&itemid=690 All of Us: Victoria s Multicultural Policy, Victorian Government, accessed from Recommended extended readings 24. Aly, A. and Gaba, G. (2007) No Place to Go: Report on the Needs Analysis of Crisis Accommodation for Culturally and Linguistically (CaLD) background people (Islamic) Dar al Shifah, Western Australia, accessed from ysis.pdf 25. Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) (2009) Locked Out: Position Paper on Homelessness of Asylum Seekers Living in the Community, ASRC, Melbourne, accessed from Beer, A. and Foley, P. (2003) Housing needs and provision for recently arrived refugees in Australia, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Adelaide, accessed from 20Multiculturalism/Atem,%20Paul%20-%20Housing%20pathways.pdf 27. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs The Road Home: A National Approach to reducing Homelessness, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, accessed from ult.htm

5 28. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Department of Planning and Community Development The state of Victoria s young people: A report on how Victorian young people aged are faring, Victorian Government, Melbourne, accessed from Department of Human Services, Department of Planning and Community Development and Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Vulnerable Youth Framework discussion paper: Development of a policy framework for Victoria s young people, Victorian Government Department of Human Services, Melbourne, accessed from Department of Human Services (2009) Homelessness 2020 strategy: A discussion paper, Victorian Government, Melbourne, accessed from Strategy-discussion-paper.pdf 31. Eggers D. (2006) What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, McSweeney's, USA. 32. Jal E., with Lloyd Davies M. (2009) War Child: A Child Soldier's Story, St. Martin's Press, New York. 33. Hosseini K., (2003) The Kite Runner, Riverhead Books, New York. 34. Migrant and Refugee Rental Housing Assistance Project (2007) Finding a Home A Research Report on Supporting Newly-arrived Migrants and Refugees to Secure Housing, Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne), Melbourne, accessed from Settling In: Exploring Good Settlement for Refugee Young People in Australia, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues, Melbourne, accessed from

6 36. Ransley, C. and Drummond, S. (2001) Homeless Twice: Exploring resettlement and homelessness for migrant and refugee young people, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues, Melbourne, accessed from Toure, I. Hidden Homelessness: the impact of refugee homelessness on newlyarrived youth, Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors Inc., Perth. 38. Vichealth (2007) More than tolerance: Embracing diversity for health: Discrimination affecting migrant and refugee communities in Victoria, its health consequences, community attitudes and solutions A summary report, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Melbourne, accessed from data/assets/pdf_file/0019/37063/more_tolerance_media sum mary.pdf 39. Zetter, R. and Perl, M. (1999) Managing to Survive: Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Access to Social Housing, The Policy Press, UK.

7 Recommended readings by topic TOPIC African young people RESOURCE 26. Beer, A. and Foley, P. (2003) 31. Eggers D. (2006) 32. Jal E. with Lloyd Davies M. (2009) Arts 12. Francis S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) Community participation 11. Francis,.S and Cornfoot, S. (2007) 12. Francis S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) 18. Markus, A. and Dharmalingam, A. (2007) 22. Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission Children in detention 1. Australian Human Rights Commission (2004) 2. Australian Human Rights Commission (2004) 14. Joint Standing Committee on Migration (2009) 17. Mares, S. et al. (2002) 21. Steel, Z. (2003) Education 7. Couch, J. (2011) 11. Francis, S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) 13. Gifford, S. et al. (2009) 16. Mansouri, F. et al. (2009) 29. DHS, DPCD and DEECD 36. Ransley, C. and Drummond, S. (2001) Employment 7. Couch, J. (2011) 11. Francis, S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007)

8 29. DHS, DPCD and DEECD Family 11. Francis, S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) 13. Gifford, S. et al. (2009) Health 7. Couch, J. (2011) 13. Gifford, S. et al. (2009) Homelessness 4. Centre for Multicultural Youth (2011) 7. Couch, J. (2011) 25. Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (2009 ) 27. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 30. Department of Human Services (2009) 36. Ransley, C. and Drummond, S. (2001) 37. Toure, I. Housing 24. Aly, A. and Gaba, G. (2007) 25. Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (2009 ) 26. Beer, A. and Foley, P. (2003) 27. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 34. Migrant and Refugee Rental Housing Assistance Project (2007) 39. Zetter, R. and Perl, M. (1999) Income 7. Couch, J. (2011) 36. Ransley, C. and Drummond, S. (2001) Justice 5. Collins, J. et al. (2000) 11. Francis, S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) Middle-eastern young people 5. Collins, J. et al. (2000) 24. Aly, A. and Gaba, G. (2007)

9 33. Hosseini, K. (2003) Multiculturalism 3. Australian Multicultural Advisory Council (2010) 6. Commonwealth of Australia (2011) 15. Lopez, M. (2000) 18. Markus, A. and Dharmalingam, A. (2007) Racism 11. Francis, S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) 16. Mansouri, F. et al. (2009) 18. Markus, A. and Dharmalingam, A. (2007) 37. Toure, I. Services 24. Aly, A. and Gaba, G. (2007) 29. DHS, DPCD and DEECD Settlement 11. Francis, S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) 13. Gifford S. M., Correa-Vleez, I. and Sampson, R. (2009) 18. Markus, A. and Dharmalingam, A. (2007) 25. Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (2009 ) 26. Beer, A. and Foley, P.( 2003) 31. Eggers D., (2006) 32. Jal, E. with Lloyd Davies, M. (2009) 33. Hosseini, K. (2003) 34. Migrant and Refugee Rental Housing Assistance Project (2007) 36. Ransley, C. and Drummond, S. (2001) Sport 11. Francis, S. and Cornfoot, S. (2007) 16. Mansouri, F. et al. (2009) Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors 9. Department of Immigration and Citizenship (2011) 10. DIAC (2011)

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