Refugee Minor Program
The Refugee Minor Program aims to assist 'unaccompanied' young people and children, up to the age of 18 years, with their settlement and establishment into life in their new community through a casework-based approach.
The Refugee Minor Program provides the provision of direct services to clients to assist them, (and their relatives or carers), to develop key settlement competencies whilst also establishing and maintaining partnerships with other key agencies in the community. Some of these agencies include the Victoria Police Multicultural Liaison Unit, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMIA), the Sudanese Community Association of Australia and local governments.
Clients can be given assistance on a wide range of issues ranging from accommodation and financial support, to physical and emotional health needs, cultural and religious continuity, education, provision of support (re Refugee Application Process), social and recreational needs; and developing or maintaining client/family connectedness.
Relevant links
- Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI)
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)
- Spectrum MRC
- Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
- Victoria Police (Multicultural Advisory Services)
- Foundation House
- South East Region Migrant Resource Centre (SERMRC)
- Migrant Information Centre (MIC)
- Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC)
- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Refugee Council of Australia