Kaphle, Sabrita, Fanany, Rebecca, Kelly, Jenny, Rawal, Lal, and Paudal, Grish (2024) Living at the Fence – Navigating Complexities While Settling in New Country: Lived Experiences of South Sudanese Refugees in Australia. Journal of Intercultural Studies. (In Press)

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Abstract

Australia welcomes significant numbers of humanitarian arrivals every year. Over 24,000 South Sudanese havecometo Australia in the last two decades, and most faced difficulties during the settlement process. The aim of this study was to understand the barriers and challenges that have impacts on settlement and integration experiences among South Sudanese refugees in Australia. Further, this explored the factors influencing the social and cultural integration of South Sudanese refugees living in Australia for more than five years. This study used a phenomenological approach with purposive and snowball sampling to recruit 26 participants who self-identified as South Sudanese refugees. Participants were recruited via community networks and were invited to participate in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were conducted by a bilingual interviewer and were analysed thematically. Participants’ experiences portrayed the complexities of integrating into a new society and experienced multiple challenges and barriers. Despite this identity dilemma, they showed a consensus about the experiences of coming to and living in Australia with close association with a group identity. While there are positive elements of the integration experience, intergenerational conflicts require further investigation. Government and settlement organisations need to make an effort to understand the context while developing appropriate processes.

Item ID:	81712
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	0725-6868
Copyright Information:	© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Funders:	Central Queensland University (CQU)
Projects and Grants:	CQU New Staff Research Grant (NEST)
Date Deposited:	01 Mar 2024 01:44
FoR Codes:	42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420699 Public health not elsewhere classified @ 80% 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4499 Other human society > 449999 Other human society not elsewhere classified @ 20%
SEO Codes:	23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2301 Community services > 230110 Migrant and refugee settlement services @ 100%
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