The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Journey Part 3: Settlement
Table of Contents
- Executive summary
- 1 Background to the Bhutanese Refugee Crisis
- Introduction
- Events leading to the Bhutanese refugee crisis
- Conditions and opportunities in camps in Nepal
- Protracted refugee situations and policies
- Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees
- 2 Refugee resettlement and the New Zealand context
- Introduction
- Background to refugee resettlement
- New Zealand’s Refugee Policy and Refugee Quota Programme
- Orientation Programme and the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre
- Support on arrival to the community
- Developments in the New Zealand refugee sector
- 3 The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Research Project
- Purpose
- Previous research
- Research structure and phases
- Participants
- Interview Procedures
- Data Analysis
- 4 First impressions and settling in
- Introduction
- Pre-departure knowledge of New Zealand
- Initial thoughts, feelings and impressions
- Most help on arrival
- Challenges
- Summary
- 5 Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre and the orientation programme
- Introduction
- Usefulness of orientation on arrival to the community
- Areas of improvement identified
- Summary
- 6 English language acquistion
- Introduction
- English language acquisition
- English language entitlements for former refugees
- Pre-departure
- English language on arrival to New Zealand
- Summary
- 7 Educational attainment
- Introduction
- Expectations of education in New Zealand prior to departure
- Education received in New Zealand
- Summary
- 8 The need for independence: Experiences of finding employment
- Introduction
- Pre-departure expectations
- The search for employment in New Zealand
- Difficulties experienced
- Help needed to find a job
- Living on a benefit
- Pre-departure expectations versus on-arrival realities
- Summary
- 9 Needs for a safe home and family life
- Introduction
- Pre-departure expectations
- Housing in New Zealand
- Safety
- Health and wellbeing
- Summary
- 10 Social interactions and cultural maintenance
- Introduction
- Pre-departure expectations
- Social Interactions
- Religion
- Cultural Maintenance
- Summary
- 11 Resettlement experiences and hopes, plans and aspirations for the future
- Introduction
- Thoughts on New Zealand’s resettlement program
- Achievements
- Hopes for the future
- Summary
- 12 Conclusion and issues for consideration
- Pre-settlement
- Orientation programme
- Arrival to the community
- The acquisition of English
- Education
- Safety, security and general wellbeing
- Cultural maintenance
- Employment
- Summary
- Appendix A: Maps
- Appendix B: Community interview questionnaire
- References
