This site is intended to encourage both Africans and Australians to share their views with me on my current research on "African Refugee integration in Australia". The aim of this research is requirement for the fulfillment of a PhD at the University of New South Wales and to help us understand problems associated with carrying 'the burden of integration' and what this might mean for both Africans and Australians alike.
Immigration statistics have shown to us that Africans migration to Australia is a recent phenomenon. This means that whatever result this study might get would be based on this limited time of migration experience. However, as an African refugee myself doing this research, I have done a a vivid reflection on my experience which is not typical in anyway, but generally gives me the framework-experience if you like to investigate or test some of the assumptions I had made in the past and see how they resonate with others.
One thing is certain though that 'it takes two' to make settlement experiences of any cohort of migrants to Australia to successfully integrate into the Australian community.
I welcome suggestions and comments here on people's subjective and objective opinion. I will be posting excerpts of my research so far as I consider them relevant for the public.
One last word: This is my personal site and all that I post here will be based on my individual opinion. Please check back often as I will try to update it when I can spear the time.
Thank you for visiting my site.
Andrew Sankoh
PhD Student
UNSW
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