Acculturation experiences of Iraqi refugees in Australia: the impact of visa category Mansouri, Fethi, Leach, Michael and Traies, Samantha 2006, Acculturation experiences of Iraqi refugees in Australia: the impact of visa category, Journal of intercultural studies, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 393-412, doi: 10.1080/07256860600936903. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Acculturation experiences of Iraqi refugees in Australia: the impact of visa category Author(s) Mansouri, Fethi orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-9391 Leach, Michael Traies, Samantha Journal name Journal of intercultural studies Volume number 27 Issue number 4 Start page 393 End page 412 Publisher River Seine Publications Place of publication Carlton, Vic. Publication date 2006-11 ISSN 0725-6868 1469-9540 Keyword(s) refugee acculturation temporary protection visa Summary This paper examines the acculturation challenges facing Iraqi refugees in Australia, and the impact of humanitarian visa category. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) holders and Permanent Protection Visa (PPV) holders living in Melbourne. The findings indicate that TPV holders identify the temporary visa regime as the primary obstacle to successful integration into Australian society. The findings also suggest that TPV refugees have developed a greater level of social ties outside their ethnic groups and are less focused on issues of cultural maintenance than refugees with PPVs. The insecurity associated with the temporary protection regime appears to have led to a decreased focus on cultural maintenance, in favour of the more immediate “survival” focus on material settlement needs and visa status. While the increased social contacts of TPV refugees with some mainstream groups may be considered a partial indicator of successful acculturation, these developments cannot be equated with “settlement” as the social ties are of a temporary or unstable nature. The overriding impact of the temporary visa regime is one of creating obstacles to the effective integration of TPV refugees. Language eng DOI 10.1080/07256860600936903 Field of Research 160303 Migration HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2006 Centre for Migrant and Intercultural Studies Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003747 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of International and Political Studies Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 04 Feb 2009, 14:35:24 EST Wed, 10 Jun 2009, 11:20:21 EST Tue, 12 Oct 2010, 14:18:14 EST Thu, 08 Mar 2012, 14:57:20 EST Fri, 09 Mar 2012, 14:12:44 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 23:48:15 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 08:16:00 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 19:36:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 12 times in TR Web of Science Cited 11 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 2080 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:02:00 EST

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