Resettlement of Australian Refugees

RESETTLEMENT OF AUSTRALIAN REFUGEES

Introduction

The issue of refugees has long appeared in history, and it has not been common since the end of the First World War that it has aroused widespread concern in the international community. A large number of people fleeing the war areas or fleeing the area because of political and other social conditions which cause serious consequences if the country refuses to enter the country or expel the immigrants. Refugees who cannot be voluntarily repatriated or local integration of refugees can choose to be relocated, which is also a way to solve refugee problems. Australia's solution is not only to achieve full social, economic and civic participation in the new community, but also to promote psychosocial health and wellbeing. Since 1945, Australia has received a total of about 800000 refugees, and Australia currently accepts about 13750 per year. These refugees mainly from Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa.  However, translating such an approach into effective service is not straightforward. Resettlement of refugees is a special vulnerable group in society, and they need to be concerned and protected by the whole world for the sake of social stability and harmonious development. Australia has resettled about 13500 refugees each year, and Australia has now placed 700000 since the end of World War II.

Literature Review

Refugees suffer from psychological persecution, mainly through the following aspects (Momartin et al., 2002):① Refugee human rights have been violated, including imprisonment in camps, tortured by beatings, burning and electric shocks, or the presence of forced witness to torture. ②Refugees are forced to separate and witness intimated member of the family was killed. ③Threatening refugee life by closing death, exposuring to killings, continuing hazards, a serious shortage of food, and serious illness. Refugees are forced to leave their cities or homes, expel from the country, and lose all their belongings and fired the job.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in refugees, but the relationship with long-term psychosocial dysfunction is unclear. Researchers surveyed a total of 126 refugee who were difficult to merge PTSD and depressed groups to be studied whether they were at particularly high risk of disability. The results showed that there were three diagnostic groups: normal (n= 39), pure PTSD (n= 29) and combined with PTSD and depression (n= 58) by principal component analysis,which illustated that human rights violations, deprivation and expulsion, life threat and traumatic loss associated with comorbidities that had more severe PTSD symptoms as compared to normal subjects as well as higher levels of disability in all indicators.The combination of life threat and traumatic loss may be in particular to undermine the mental health of the refugees, leading to the complications of PTSD and depression associated with long-term psychosocial dysfunction. The results of the study suggest that post-traumatic dyslexia is identified as a core issue.

Table1 Comparison of the number of refugee applications between Australia and industrialized countries.

Results

Resettled refugees are a particularly vulnerable group in society. Australia has resettled about 13500 refugees each year, and Australia has now placed 700000 since the end of World War ii. Refugees are placed in third countries not only for the establishment of a stable life to provide a safe haven and to provide a promising future, thus establishing a sense of belonging to resettlement. It is very difficult to take into account the trauma of the loss of refugees who have grown up in the context of violence and try to create the future in an uncertain world. The South Australian Center for Health and Medical Research has found that most refugees suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which can lead to delayed and persistent mental illness.