family situation and resources; o social and ethnic networks and engagement with the community; o linkages to the country of origin; o pre-migration experiences including employment experience in country of o origin; the migration process: the context and reasons for migration, o offshore/onshore visa application, visa subclass, time spent in refugee camp and/or detention and country of location, time spent in transit countries; frequency and duration of use of community and government resources: o specific settlement support programs for humanitarian migrants available through the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy, other settlement services such as the Adult Migrant English Program and Translating and Interpreting Services, mainstream government programs (Medicare and Centrelink), and migrant resource centres; prevailing economic and labour market conditions. o The second set of questions relates to access and use of government and non-government support services and government welfare benefits and their effectiveness in contributing The specific research questions are: to humanitarian successful settlement. migrants’  Which humanitarian migrants are more likely to access government and non- government support services and government welfare benefits?  Which types of services and benefits do they access and use? At which times after arrival do they access these services, for how long or how  frequently do they use them? Do their access and use of these services change during the period of settlement and  in what ways? Which patterns of use of these services are associated with improved outcomes  during the observed settlement period?  What is the level of use that is associated with a significant improvement in the various measures of outcomes?
o family situation and resources; o social and ethnic networks and engagement with the community; o linkages to the country of origin; o pre-migration experiences including employment experience in country of origin; o the migration process: the context and reasons for migration, offshore/onshore visa application, visa subclass, time spent in refugee camp and/or detention and country of location, time spent in transit countries; o frequency and duration of use of community and government resources: specific settlement support programs for humanitarian migrants available through the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy, other settlement services such as the Adult Migrant English Program and Translating and Interpreting Services, mainstream government programs (Medicare and Centrelink), and migrant resource centres; o prevailing economic and labour market conditions. The second set of questions relates to access and use of government and non-government support services and government welfare benefits and their effectiveness in contributing to humanitarian migrants’ successful settlement. The specific research questions are:  Which humanitarian migrants are more likely to access government and non- government support services and government welfare benefits?  Which types of services and benefits do they access and use?  At which times after arrival do they access these services, for how long or how frequently do they use them?  Do their access and use of these services change during the period of settlement and in what ways?  Which patterns of use of these services are associated with improved outcomes during the observed settlement period?  What is the level of use that is associated with a significant improvement in the various measures of outcomes?