Settlement Community Groups

Waves of refugees to Australia

  • 170,000 displaced persons from Eastern Europe between 1947 and 1954
  • 14,000 white Russians from China between 1947 and 1985
  • 14,000 Hungarians after the 1956 uprising
  • almost 6,000 Czechs after the Prague Spring of 1968
  • 18,000 Lebanese resettled after the 1975 Civil War
  • more than 155,000 Vietnamese since 1975
  • around 23,000 Iraqis since the early 1990s
  • around 41,5000 people from the former Yugoslavia since 1991
  • more than 20,000 Sudanese sincd 1996
  • around 3,000 Somalis since 1996
  • over 1,900 Sierra Leoneans since 1999
  • over 1,400 Burmese since 2004

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Population Growth

Population growth in Tasmania had declined steadily from 6,900 people in 1989-90 to negative in 1996-97. This was due mainly to increasing losses through increase migration which had fallen from a net gain of 1,430 people in 1989-90. Tasmania has had positive population growth since.

Humanitarian Entrant Groups

As of July 2007 the main Humanitarian entrant groups into Tasmania include:

  • Congo
  • Sudan
  • Ethiopia
  • Burundi
  • Sierra Leone
  • Afghanistan

Leadership sessions

The MRC conducts active leadership sessions with the emerging community groups. To be put in touch with any of these community groups please contact the Settlement’s Team on 6221 0999 .

Life Skills Workshops

A range of workshops around basic life skills are run that help humanitarian entrants with the transition to the Australian surroundings.

  • Leadership training
  • Money management workshop (including budgeting) 25th June 2008
  • Australian laws
  • Safe at Home
  • Funding/Grant application training
  • African elders group meetings
  • Employment issues working with Job Network agencies

CV Training

The Migrant Resource Centre is providing in partnership with STEPS Employment Curriculum Vitea (CV) training for the Congolese community at the Glenorchy City Council Civic Centre. The training will commence on Friday 20th June and will continue for 4 weeks.

Emergency Management workshops

The Migrant Resource Centre is providing Emergency Management Workshops at the Tasmanian Fire Services at Cambridge for the following communities:

  • Congolese
  • Burundian
  • Afghani
  • Sierra Leonean

State Emergency Services, Tasmania Fire Services, Department of Health and Human Resources and Tasmanian Police will provide information on their roles and responsibilities for emergency services.

The workshops will be held on 9th, 16th and 23rd July 2008.

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