Analyzing Australia's Refugee Accommodation and Support Policies

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Australia's policies and practices related to refugee accommodation and support. It examines various programs and policy plans designed to provide accommodation and care for asylum seekers, including an overview of the current situation in Australia concerning refugees' health, language services, and overall well-being. The report delves into the environmental factors influencing accommodation and the well-being of refugees, assessing the impact on Australia's environment. It also highlights the issues encountered in accommodating refugees, such as third-country offshore processing and resettlement challenges, and suggests improvements, including enhancements to detention conditions and protection measures. Furthermore, it explores the social and economic impacts of increasing refugee populations, the role of community health programs, and the provision of language services. The report concludes with a discussion of government efforts to address these issues and provides relevant references and a bibliography. The report is available on Desklib, a platform providing students with AI-based study tools and resources.

To understand accommodating and ensuring
the well being of refugee populations- A case
study on Australia

Orientation
The report is to present following tools in respect of taking care of
refugees and implementing government policy plans as mentioned below:
 Different programs and policy plans for providing accommodation
and taking care of Asylum seekers in Australia.
 Understanding current position of Australia in context to taking care
of refugees' health, language services and well being for them.
 Analysing impact on environmental factors of Australia for
accommodating and well being of these individuals.
 Presenting occurred issues in accommodating for refugees and
suggestions to reduce them.

Sustainability (Definition)
Sustainability is defined as a process of maintaining and sustaining position
characterized by a common goal. It creates eco-friendly and effective environment
of any organisation or country for further decision making. For providing
accommodation services of refugees in Australia different facilities are get arranged.
However, its scope regarding their sustainability can describe as below:
 Policy plans made by government of the country for protecting asylum seekers
impact on country's development and effectiveness.
 Owners and decision makers who prepare strategies for refugees plays effective role
in providing facilities and taking care of them.
 Service providers' role in refugees' protection and helping them for learning new
environment also affected with RCOA.

Thesis
In this report, for analyzing impact on Australia for protecting refugees,
following these have been included as:
 Description on refugees and impact on Australia for increasing
them.
 Recognizing occurred issues in providing services to displaced
people from other country of the world.
 Suggestions on reducing issues and improving them efficiently
for facilitating services to refugees in Australia.

Essay plan
This essay is based on understanding different environmental factors' on accommodation
for refugees in Australia. However, RCOA provides different services to refugees and
asylum seekers for protecting them and taking care efficiently. At present Australia has
been provided accommodating services to around 15000 refugees of the world which is
getting increased. It can be understood as:

The environmental pillar
Environmental factors: These factors include as natural resources, land, water,
slum growth etc. In this regard, providing services to refugees impact on
environment of Australia.
Issue:
Third country offshore processing- The government is facing problem in
transferring refugees to detention centres and were facing issues in conducting
visa process in third country.
Improvement:
Detention condition centre-The various detention condition centres are being
established by government to provide heath and mental care services to refugees.

The social pillar
Some essentials can be understood as:
Social factors: Increasing of refugees impacts on social and cultural factors of
Australia positively as their living standard, population, demand for goods and
services which affect economy of the country. Therefore, social factor get
affected at higher level.
Issue:
Resettling refugees-The major issue that is being faced by government is
settling refugees. As they are not having knowledge about languages, culture,
prevailing on third county. The second issue is to provide them accommodation

Contd.
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Community Health Refugee Health program:
This program is delivered by specialist health cares, nurses, doctors and
other assistants for reducing health issues of refuges and improving them.
Including this, it is effective for other services like; housing, employment
etc. Thus, health and social care of refugees is possible through conducting
this program efficiently.
Language services credit line:
This service is facilitated in Australia for protecting refugees and asylum
seekers to convert language into English. However, there are different
migrants come from various countries of the world therefore creating
good understanding with them, this service is provided.

The economic pillar
Economic factor: As enhancing refugees and asylum seekers, productivity and
profitability of Australia and its businesses get increased. However, financial
development of nation is possible in this way.
 Protection- The government is facing problem in transferring refugees and
in carrying process related to claiming for their protection.

Improvements to reduce these issues
In order to avoid various issues the government has taken various measures these are-
The government authority has foxed the place where refugees that arrived in country
via boat can easily pass through offshore process by just giving two interviews in which
they will be asked question related to their visit.
 Protection- in order to provide protection to refugees the government has
conducted deal with USA. According to this agreement people those who will
expressed their interest will be provided security assessment.
 Legality of detention-This legal policy is passed by Australian supreme court to
provide permission to refugees to resettle in their religion. The refugees are being
provided with option to live in PNG community or temporarily.

References
Bellamy, K. and et.al., 2015. Access to medication and pharmacy services for
resettled refugees: a systematic review. Australian journal of primary health.
21(3). pp.273-278.
Ellis, B. Heidi, Kate Murray, and Colleen Barrett. 2014. "Understanding the
mental health of refugees: trauma, stress, and the cultural context." In The
Massachusetts General Hospital textbook on diversity and cultural
sensitivity in mental health. 89(6). pp.165-187.
Guajardo, M.G.U. and et.al., 2016. Psychological distress is influenced by
length of stay in resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia. International journal of
mental health systems. 10(1). p.4.

Bibliography
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.REFG.OR
https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/about/populations/refugee-
asylum-seeker-health
https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/r/sub/1103-Population.pdf