Journal article
'At least you're the right colour': Identity and social inclusion of Bosnian refugees in Australia
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol.31(4), pp.615-638
2005
Abstract
This paper explores the Australian resettlement of the largest recent refugee group, Bosmans. It is argued that Bosnians (and other ex-Yugoslavs) were Australia's preferred humanitarian immigrants during the 1990s because of their European background (based on social-cohesion and 'resettlement-potential' arguments) and because of the presence of ex-Yugoslav communities in Australia which were expected to support newly arrived refugees during their early resettlement (the 'community argument'). The 'whiteness'/'Europeanness' of Bosnians enabled them to remain largely 'invisible' in the country they perceived as 'white Australia' and to initially claim an 'insider status'. For many people, however, this self-inclusion is thwarted in the second stage of resettlement when they are expected to find jobs and 'acculturate', as the language barrier and their non-English-speaking background become a basis of difference and potential exclusion. Their economic and social inclusion thus appears to be determined by factors beyond visibility and remains limited almost a decade after the largest wave of Bosnians arrived in Australia.
Details
- Title
- 'At least you're the right colour': Identity and social inclusion of Bosnian refugees in Australia
- Authors/Creators
- V. Colic-Peisker (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol.31(4), pp.615-638
- Publisher
- Carfax Publishing Ltd.
- Identifiers
- 991005543213007891
- Copyright
- © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 6.86 Human Geography
- 6.86.442 Migration Dynamics
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