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Service Delivery to Indo-Chinese Refugee Children — The South Australian Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Saik Lim
Saik Lim*
Affiliation:
Department for Community Welfare, South Australia
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This paper will discuss some of the issues arising from the South Australian experience in the resettlement of Indo-Chinese refugee children. The main emphasis of this paper will be on the issue of service delivery to these refugee children and the problems arising from their adjustment to a new and foreign environment.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , Spring 1979 , pp. 4 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

References

Notes

1. Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act, 1946-1973. Section 4.

2. Cox, David, “The World's Refugees And Australia's Response.” p. 1 Google Scholar. (Mimeographed. Multicultural Education Centre. S.A. Education Department)

3. The Pennington Centre is a hostel for newly arrived migrants and refugees run by the Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Service.

4. The ‘hosting’ program consists of having the selected unattached minor for the weekend. The main purpose is to establish rapport with the refugee youth.