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Integration Experiences Of Former Afghan Refugees In Australia: What Challenges Have Still Remained After Being Citizens?, Omid Rezaei, Hossein Adibi, Vicki Banham

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This paper explores, analyses, and documents the experiences of Afghan-Australians who arrived in Australia as refugees and were granted citizenship after living in Australia for several years. This research adopted a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative approaches and surveyed 102 people, interviewed 13 participants, and conducted two focus-groups within its research design. Analysis of data indicates that former Afghan refugees gradually settled down and integrated within Australian society. They value safety and security, open democracy and orderly society of Australia, as well as accessing to education and healthcare services and opportunity for social mobility. However, since the integration is …