World Refugee Day ICEPA Seminar
This seminar was held by ICEPA on Wednesday 20 June 2007 to mark the United Nations World Refugee Day and Refugee Week in Australia. Over 60 people from across Victoria attended, including representatives from communities and a wide range of organisations such as NGOs and local and state government departments. Participants were engaged in a lively discussion that discussed:
- the needs of refugee communities
- refugee settlement experiences
- policy considerations on refugees in Australia.
This event also featured the launch of the ICEPA report: The Relocation of Refugees from Melbourne to Regional Victoria: A Comparative Evaluation in Swan Hill and Warrnambool.
Speaker Papers and ICEPA Report
The following speaker papers and ICEPA report were presented at the forum and are available for download as PDF files:
- Welcome Speech: World Refugee Day (Professor John McCallum, Acting Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University)
- The Living Dead: Asylum Seekers and Indigenous Australians (Assoc. Prof. Mark Minchinton, Director, Moondani Balluk Indigenous Unit, Victoria University)
- My Refugee Story (Ms Anita Milicevic, PhD student, Victoria University)
- Refugee Relocation in Victoria (Dr Robyn Broadbent, School of Education, Victoria University)
- Could Refugee Settlement in the Regions be Health Promoting? (Ms Kim Webster, Victorian Health Promotion, VicHealth)
- ICEPA Report: The Relocation of Refugees from Melbourne to Regional Victoria: A Comparative Evaluation in Swan Hill and Warrnambool
Other speakers at the seminar were: Mr Christopher Callanan (Acting State Director, Department of Immigration and Citizenship), Mr Phong Nguyen (Chairman, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria), Mr Terefe Aborete (Horn of Africa Community Network) and Dr Steve Francis (Policy Manager, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues).
