Abstract

Learning to thrive in the context of refugee resettlement can be a difficult task to consider and sustain when so much focus is given to promoting survival, recovery from trauma and self-sufficiency. It is argued that this resettlement paradigm is rooted in notions of refugee passivity, primarily motivated by a minimalistic approach to social assimilation. We argue this resettlement paradigm suffocates thriving by imposing the government’s aim of achieving independence instead of privileging the newly arrived person, their lived experiences, dreams and aspirations. This article shares how an ethic of thriving in resettlement, with its focus on relationality, could transform the way we think about ‘integration’ and what ‘successful resettlement’ means within the Australian context. To anchor what the ethic of thriving offers the resettlement sector we share lessons learned from applying a thriving paradigm to YoungMILE—a mentorship project dedicated to launching young refugee arrived leaders in the community. This unique programme embraced relational, experimental and exploratory approaches characterised by flexibility, mutual learning, curiosity, listening to bigger goals and acknowledging the skill sets of people’s past experiences. Importantly, the project also prioritised connecting people of refugee background and the host community to promote meaningful integration.

中文翻译：

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通过兴旺的道德观念重新想象难民的重新安置

摘要

如果将重点放在促进生存，创伤康复和自给自足上，那么在难民重新安置的情况下学习壮成长可能是一项艰巨的任务。有人认为，这种安置范式植根于对难民的消极观念，其主要动机是对社会同化采取了最低限度的方法。我们认为，这种重新安置范式强加了政府实现独立的目标，而不是让新来的人，他们的生活经历，梦想和抱负享有特权，从而窒息了繁荣。本文分享了以移民关系为重心的重新安置伦理，如何在澳大利亚背景下改变我们对“整合”的思考方式以及“成功安置”的含义。为了确定繁荣的伦理为安置部门提供了什么，我们分享了在YoungMILE中应用繁荣的范例所吸取的经验教训。YoungMILE是一个旨在引导社区中年轻难民抵达的领导人的指导项目。这个独特的计划采用了关系，实验和探索性方法，这些方法的特点是灵活性，相互学习，好奇心，倾听更大的目标并承认人们过去的经验技能。重要的是，该项目还优先考虑将具有难民背景的人与收容社区联系起来，以促进有意义的融合。具有灵活性，相互学习，好奇心，倾听更大目标并承认人们过去经验的技能的实验性和探索性方法。重要的是，该项目还优先考虑将具有难民背景的人与收容社区联系起来，以促进有意义的融合。具有灵活性，相互学习，好奇心，倾听更大目标并承认人们过去经验的技能的实验性和探索性方法。重要的是，该项目还优先考虑将具有难民背景的人与收容社区联系起来，以促进有意义的融合。