Refugee Resettlement
Those refugees arriving under the UNHCR quota, arrive in Auckland in groups of about 120, and stay for the first six weeks at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre. They are offered a programme of residential orientation, and then move off to one of the five major resettlement areas, Auckland, Hamilton, Napier, Wellington, and Christchurch.
The group of asylum seekers who apply for refugee status on shore are equally likely to be held either in prison or the resettlement centre . If they are found to be genuine refugees they will be granted residence, then they are able to access Social welfare in New Zealand and other benefits provided by the state. However, assistance that addresses their specific needs as they attempt to integrate into New Zealand is limited.
A list of difficulties they may experience:
- ongoing trauma and stress
- learning English as an additional language
- prejudice and overt racism in New Zealand
- non-recognition of qualifications from their home country
- inability to gain similar jobs they left in their home country
- lack of support structures within the local community
- Cultural shock
- separation from family members
Read more about this topic: Refugee Migration Into New Zealand
Famous quotes containing the word refugee:
“The refugee uncertain at the door
You make at home; deftly you steady
The drunk clambering on his undulant floor.”
—John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)