Syrian Refugees in Australia: Challenges and Solutions

This essay discusses the challenges faced by Syrian refugees in Australia, including discrimination, lack of access to healthcare and education, and gender-specific issues. It also explores government initiatives and programs aimed at supporting the refugees, such as the Humanitarian Settlement Program and the Refugee Employment Support Program. The essay emphasizes the importance of community development and cross-sector collaboration in improving the settlement outcomes for Syrian refugees.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Social work is considered to be as an academic discipline which is mainly associated with
the specific groups, communities, etc. in order to effectively enhance the overall wellbeing and
social functioning. This study will effectively focus on the new refugee community within the
specific local area. This study will eventually focus on taking a brief snapshot of the Syria
community. This study will critically evaluate the specialized needs of the sub groups with
effective intervention planning priorities. Moreover, this study will focus on community
development approach which results in high degree of increased raising awareness. This study
also tends to have appropriate settlement of outcomes with great degree of success.
MAIN BODY
Syrian Australians in turn is referred to as the Australians of Syrian descent. Australia in
turn tends to focus on opening doors for the Syrian refugees because it helps in effectively
prioritizing the prosecuted minorities (Karlsen, 2016). Syria is considered to be as the traditional
society where they place taste within the traditional art which can be effectively expressed with
the help of l-Samah, the Dabkeh in different variations and the sword dance. Syrian refugees
tends to use art in order to keep their culture alive.
Australia is considered to be as the beacon of hope for the individual’s across the globe
which helps in providing the best possible solution in dire circumstances. The Humanitarian
program is considered to be highly beneficial in providing permanent resettlement to those
people who in turn are in high degree of need of protection. This way it helps in creating a wide
set of opportunity to effectively build a better life. It is estimated that, 8, 80,000 refugees has
settled in Australia. Australia is considered to be as the one of the most generous countries in
order to resettle refugees. In the year 2016-17, with appropriate intake of refugees from Iraq and
Syria. Large degree of humanitarian visa has been granted to around 22,000 refugees. However,
in the year 2018-19, around 18,750 visa was granted to the humanitarian.
The Syrian community network was effectively established by the diverse group of the
community members with the key and prominent intention to assist and aid in appropriate
settlement of the Syria refugee (MacDonald, 2017). The Syrian community network also tends to
expand their services to various refugee groups. The Syrian community network provide high
degree of support to the immigrant and refugee which tends to focus on building community and
also serving the families by addressing the key issues associated with the community.
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The commonwealth government has been working in highly compliant manner where they
spend $500 million to the people who has been providing high degree of support to the refugees.
Government intervention is of prime importance because it tends to highly focus on providing
ongoing assistance to the refugees (Ralph and Souter, 2015). The success and protection of the
refugees is considered to be of utmost importance for the Syrian community. Moreover, the
government tends to have high degree of opportunity which helps in getting better returns on the
investment made by the government in public services. However, this helps in increasing the
social and economic contributions to the refugees. It is very useful in improving the integration
process and also enhance the settlement outcomes. The government tends to focus on providing
new visa category which helps in enabling sponsorship by the communities (INVESTING IN
REFUGEES INVESTING IN AUSTRALIA, 2020). Australia tends to focus on creating high
degree of opportunity for the regional settlement of the refugees which can be actively
encouraged. Australia tends to have high degree of goodwill who in turn tends to focus on
creating opportunities and helping the refugees in order to build a better life.
Creation of the cross sectoral collaboration and also facilitating cross governmental
collaboration which in turn is very useful in improving the settlement outcome of the refugees.
Refugee services are in turn has been funded by all the tiers of the government (Walden, 2015).
Complete coordination between the jurisdictional lines and agency is considered to be of utmost
importance. The panel in turn has considered the key areas for innovation and action which helps
in significantly improving the outcomes associated with the refugees.
One of the key and significant challenge which in turn has been faced by the Syrian
refugee is mainly associated with the ill- treatment of the refugee women. They don’t have any
access to the health care services and in turn also tends to result in physical abuse. Syrian women
are more prone to discrimination within the society, no access to the health care services, human
trafficking and sexual violence in turn are considered to be as the key challenges which in turn
has been faced by the women in Syria community (O'Sullivan, 2016). Syrian refugees also do
not have equal access to the education facilities which in turn eventually leads to higher
operational growth and sustainability. Syrian refugee women within Australia also tends to face
high degree of gender specific challenges which in turn tends to highly influence the experience
of the individual as a refugee. Women tends to face high degree of abuse which in turn can
largely influence the physical and mental health of the refugee. The lack of access to the various
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degree of appropriate resources in turn is very useful in prevailing the gender assumptions which
results in combat with the Syrian communities. There are several range of health issues which in
turn has been faced by the Syrian refugee women which in turn tends to mainly comprise of
diarrhoea, high fever, dehydration, malaria, menstruation problems, respiratory infection,
reproductive complications, etc. which in turn eventually results in leading cause of the death
among the Syrian refugee women. Moreover, the key health concerns associated with the women
is mainly because of gender based violence, mental health problems, physical and social
wellbeing of the individual (Hanes and et.al., 2017). This in turn eventually results in high
degree of health concerns and complications in order to be refugee women to be predominant
both at the time of refugees and camp shelters. There are various set of external factors which in
turn tends to largely comply with the key health complications and concerns associated with the
refugee women which mainly comprises of gender inequality, culture difference, lack of access
to the health care facilities, limited degree of mobility, highly populated refugee camps and also
lack of education in turn are considered to be as the predominant factors which in turn eventually
result in key health complications within the Syrian refugee women (INVESTING IN
REFUGEES INVESTING IN AUSTRALIA, 2020). Moreover, refugee women also tends to face
high degree of mental health complications. They have been physically abused because of
several reasons which mainly includes shaming of the community, unequal opportunities and
lack of access to the basic services. Female refugees in turn tends to have low degree of
participation and also high degree of employment rates. There seems to be a 20% gap in the
participation rate and 17% gap within unemployment rates.
The community development approach in turn is considered to be as one of the most
prominent approach because it helps the people in effectively setting appropriate agenda and also
effectively organize. It is considered to be highly prominent in creating long term value which in
turn tends to aim at effectively addressing the wide set of imbalances which is very useful in
bringing about change which in turn has been founded for the social justice, inclusion and
equality (Curley and Vandyk, 2017). The key principles which in turn are likely associated with
the community development approach is participation, collectively, community empowerment,
sustainable development, social justice, anti- discrimination, equality and human rights. This
approach is considered to be highly prominent because it is very useful in identifying the key
aspirations and need of the Syrian refugees. It is very useful in improving and effectively
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supporting the key strengths of the Syrian community. The community development approach is
considered to be highly significant because it helps in creating high degree of awareness with the
broader community which in turn eventually leads to high sustainability growth and efficiency.
Working with the refugees is considered to be of utmost degree of importance which helps in the
creation of the effective economic pathways for the Syrian community (Wnukowski, 2016).
Working with the refugees is considered to be of significant importance which helps in
strengthening the aspirations and it also helps in creating a personal plan which eventually leads
to high degree of market opportunities. It helps in engaging with the industries in order to
comply with the needs and requirements of the Syrian refugee.
The communities and different set of agencies tends to work together because it is very
useful in improving the decision making procedure and also quality of services. It is very useful
in promoting social justice and improve the quality of life of the Syrian refugee community
(Collins, 2018). Supporting various different form of actions is considered to be highly
significant because it is very significant in resolving the various problems which has been faced
by the individual. It is one of the most significant approach because it helps in promoting social
justice and also effectively uses assets which are very prominent in creating social justice.
The commonwealth coordinator general in turn is considered to be highly beneficial because it
helps in increasing the likelihood of the government intervention for the settlement of the
refugee. It tends to focus on providing comprehensive view of Commonwealth service delivery
which helps in creating high degree of cooperation between the various levels of the government.
It is very useful in ensuring that the front line experience of the Syrian community contributes
towards better delivery of the refugee programs (Hanieh, Ryan, and Biggs, 2016). Moreover, the
coordinator general tends to have high degree of capacity which lead to informed discussion for
the benefits of Australia’s humanitarian willingness in order to accept the Syrian refugees.
The key health services to the Syrian refugees is mainly associated with the territories
and states which helps in increasing the fund levels (INVESTING IN REFUGEES INVESTING
IN AUSTRALIA, 2020). The improvements to the service coordination is considered to be highly
prominent because it helps in providing solid degree of foundation in order to improve the
mental health and physical health of the refugees (Jakubowicz, 2016). It I useful because it helps
in providing better degree of health support to the Syrian refugees in order to be fit for work and
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also helps in retaining the employment levels. High degree of economic participation will also
help in assisting the employees in order to improve the better living conditions of the refugees.
The Humanitarian Settlement Program is very useful because it helps in providing high
degree of practical assessment to the Syrian refugees. This approach is very significant because it
tends to focus on providing long term accommodation and also tends to focus on assessing with
the mainstream services. The Humanitarian Settlement Program is considered to be highly
significant because it tends to focus on registering with the English language learning
programmes in order to effectively engage with the various employment services in order to
improve the better living conditions of the refugees (Almohamed, Vyas and Zhang, 2017,
November). The refugee settlement program tends to highly focus on maximizing the speed of
the intensity related with the labour integration. This in turn helps in seeking high degree of
economic participation. The refugee settlement program is very useful because it helps in
strengthening the existing settlement program (INVESTING IN REFUGEES INVESTING IN
AUSTRALIA, 2020). It tends to result in high degree of economic participation. Machinery of the
government changes and implications of the new set of rules is considered to be highly
prominent as it eventually leads to higher operational growth and sustainability.
One of the key significant recommendation is that, it ensures various vulnerable groups
like women at risk, old refugees, full time parents, and young people. The government tends to
highly focus on effectively improving the financial literacy and also building up of the social
capabilities (King and et.al., 2016). Collective impact approach is highly significant because it
helps in ensuring strong cross sector collaboration which helps in the delivery of the optimum
delivery of services to the Syrian refugees. However, sustainable economic participation in turn
is considered to be as the bedrock of the successful settlement of the Syrian refugees.
Providing high degree of employment opportunities to the refugees is considered to be of utmost
importance. The refugee employment support program is a 4 year initiative which has been taken
by the government. The refugee employment support program is very useful because it tends to
effectively address with key challenges which has been experienced by the Syrian refugees. They
tend to focus on providing long term skilled employment opportunities (Davies, 2017). The
refugee employment support program is very prominent because it helps in developing the career
plan which is mainly associated with the education, employment and training. It is very useful
for the participants because it helps the refugees in gaining skilled and sustainable employment.
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The key services which in turn has been significantly offered mainly comprises of career plan,
training, education, skilled employment, etc.
Place based initiative has been taken into consideration in order to support Syrian refugees
within the workplace organization (Davies, 2017). Moreover, the adult migrant English program
is considered to be of greater importance. It helps the refugee migrants is of utmost importance
which helps in economic and social benefit to the Australian society.
However these government initiative and programmes are considered to be of utmost
importance because it helps in improving the living condition of the Syrian refugees with equal
opportunities and no discrimination.
CONCLUSION
From the above conducted study it has been summarized that, Syrian refugees because it
helps in effectively prioritizing the prosecuted minorities. It tends to have effective culture of
traditional arts. The Syrian community network also tends to expand their services to various
refugee groups. The government tends to have high degree of opportunity which helps in getting
better returns on the investment made by the government in public services. Creation of the cross
sectoral collaboration and also facilitating cross governmental collaboration which in turn is very
useful in improving the settlement outcome of the refugees. Syrian women are more prone to
discrimination within the society and face wide degree of challenges. The Humanitarian
Settlement Program is very useful because it helps in providing high degree of practical
assessment to the Syrian refugees. The community development approach is useful in creating
long term value which in turn tends to aim at effectively addressing the wide set of imbalances.
Place based initiative and adult migrant English program is considered to be of greater
importance to improve living condition of refugees.
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Online
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through< https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reports-and-pubs/files/review-integration-
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