MYAN Australia has released a Data Report on Youth Settlement Trends 2016-2017. This report provides a comprehensive overview of national trends in youth settlement in the Humanitarian and broader Migration Programme, looking at demographic data, state/territory trends, religion, English language and visa sub-classes.

Read the Report here.  Download the Snapshot here.

This resource provides national data on humanitarian youth arrivals for the period June 2015-16. MYAN has produced Information Sheets annually by financial year since 2008. This information sheet is the first place this data has been compiled nationally and provides an important snapshot of settlement trends and patterns in youth settlement to Australia through this migration program. It also provides some analysis of the issues impacting young people in the settlement context.

This resource provides national data on humanitarian youth arrivals for the period June 2014-15. MYAN has produced Information Sheets annually by financial year since 2008. This information sheet is the first place this data has been compiled nationally and provides an important snapshot of settlement trends and patterns in youth settlement to Australia through this migration program. It also provides some analysis of the issues impacting young people in the settlement context.

This resource provides national data on humanitarian youth arrivals for the period June 2013-14. MYAN has produced Information Sheets annually by financial year since 2008. This information sheet is the first place this data has been compiled nationally and provides an important snapshot of settlement trends and patterns in youth settlement to Australia through this migration program. It also provides some analysis of the issues impacting young people in the settlement context.

This resource provides national data on humanitarian youth arrivals for the period June 2008-13. MYAN has produced Information Sheets annually by financial year since 2008. This information sheet is the first place this data has been compiled nationally and provides an important snapshot of settlement trends and patterns in youth settlement to Australia through this migration program. It also provides some analysis of the issues impacting young people in the settlement context.

The Multicultural Youth Australia Census Status Report 2017/2018 is the first ever status report and national study of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

The Report presents rich insights into how young people from diverse cultural backgrounds and faring socially, economically and culturally, highlighting the complex and sometimes conflicting values, opportunities, challenges and aspirations of these cohorts.

Not Just “Ticking a Box”: Youth participation with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds is a new publication which serves as a comprehensive guide for good practice in engaging and enhancing the participation of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. This resource aims to help organisations consider ways they can support and enable young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to participate in decisions that affect them. Converging theory and practice, the resource includes a participation model outlining barriers, opportunities and ways to address barriers to the participation of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, examples of good practice through national and local case studies and a practical top tips and checklist section.

MYAN and VicHealth recently commissioned The Bright Futures: Spotlight on the wellbeing of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds report by CSIRO’s Data 61. The report looks at how emerging global trends impact young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

Read the report here and its key points here

Bright Futures in the media:
Migrant and Refugee Students Struggle to Find Work in Australia
New report identifies trends impacting young refugees and migrants’ wellbeing

A collaboration between MYAN Australia, the RET International, INEE and NRC to strengthen a focus on youth and adolescents in programming. This desk review demonstrates need to put adolescents & youth at the centre of programmatic guidelines.

MYAN and the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC) are pleased the launch an exciting resource, Young People Creating Change: a toolkit for developing advocacy skills with young people.

The Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC) partnered with MYAN to adapt AYAC’s original toolkit, to ensure that it is inclusive of young people from CaLD backgrounds.

The new Toolkit is designed as a resource for young people and those who work with young people, to deliver a 2-day introductory training program.  This program includes an introduction to advocacy activities and skills; the opportunity to explore how young people might apply these skills and promote their own ideas; and practical strategies for creating change in their community. It encourages young people to build on their existing experience, knowledge and stories.

This brief report provides broad data on key demographics related to these population groups based on Australian Census data from 2011. The report looks at education, employment, and family and living arrangements for CALD and refugee youth and compares these data with that of each state by geographical boundaries to highlight finer spatial variations in population trends.

MYAN developed this policy paper to explore key emerging issues in relation to the care and support of this group of young people. The paper provides a national overview of the support arrangements for UHMs across Australia, as well as key emerging issues in relation to the care and support of this group of young people.

The National Youth Settlement Framework is Australia’s first evidence-based framework for supporting good practice and measuring settlement outcomes for young people.

Developed by the MYAN through consultation with young people, government and the youth and settlement sectors, the Framework is designed to enable services to respond more effectively to the needs of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. It supports the provision of targeted support to ensure young people reach their potential to be active participants in and contributors to Australian society.

The NYSF is comprised of resources that provide conceptual and practical information to support those working with newly arrived young people.

National Youth Settlement Framework 

Supplementary resources:

• MYAN NYSF Young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds
• MYAN NYSF Applying the NYSF Good Practice Capabilities
• MYAN NYSF Good Practice Capabilities self-assessment tool
• MYAN NYSF Applying Active Citizenship Indicators to Practice
• MYAN NYSF Active Citizenship Indicators self-assessment tool
• MYAN NYSF Useful Resources

MYAN Australia succesfully partnered with our affiliated state and territory organisations to deliver training workshops across Australia in 2016 on understanding and applying the National Youth Settlement Framework.

The Framework is the first of its kind in Australia and this was an exciting opportunity for policy makers and practitioners to learn more about its application.

Participant feedback on the workshops to date has been overwhelmingly positive.

“This is a milestone in youth settlement policy and practice in Australia”

“Engaging with the Framework materials has been invaluable, with the opportunity to combine solid conceptual information with concrete, practical application”

“Fantastic training and resources, to use in my everyday practice”

What is the Framework training?

The training is targeted to staff and volunteers from government and non-government organisations who seek to strengthen their knowledge and practice supporting young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. It is suitable for those working in both direct service and policy or programming roles.

Training involves 1.5 days of interactive professional development, exploring:

• How practitioners and policy-makers can incorporate the Framework into their work, including using the Framework Assessment Tools
• Factors contributing to good settlement outcomes for young people
• Good practice in facilitating active citizenship

All participants will receive copies of the Framework, including additional resources and tools. This training is linked to a range of competencies in the VET sector Training Packages for Community Services and Health.

For more information about the links to VET, or how MYAN can tailor training to your setting/organisation, please contact us.

• FUSE National Multicultural Youth Summit
  MYAN Australia
• Youth Ambassadors Network
  MYAN Australia 
• MY Step into Work – Work Experience Program for Multicultural Youth Multicultural Youth Tasmania
  Multicultural Youth Tasmania
• Catalyst Youth Summit 
  MYAN WA/ YACWA
• Settle Smart
  Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY)
• Welcome Football
  Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) 
• Cooperation between Local Government and youth support services
  Youth Transition Support Services 
• Refugee Youth Peer Mentoring Program
  MYAN NSW
• Shout Out
  Centre for Multicultural Youth
• Youth Participation – A Young Person’s Perspective
  Apajok Biar

After the success of FUSE 2014, Australia’s second ever national multicultural youth summit, FUSE 2016 was held in Melbourne from December 6-9, 2016. Working with the themes ‘Connect’, ‘Ignite’ and ‘Trailblaze’, FUSE bought together 35 young people from across Australia to network with peers, share perspectives and ideas, and engage with experienced advocates, MPs and other decision-makers. Read more about FUSE in the summit report.

In October 2014, MYAN (Australia) hosted ‘FUSE’ – Australia’s first ever national multicultural youth summit. Held in Sydney, and working with the themes of ‘Connect’, ‘Ignite’ and ‘Trail-blaze’ , FUSE brought together 40 of the brightest multicultural young leaders from across Australia to put a multicultural lense on national youth issues. FUSE equipped young people with the skills, confidence and networks to become influential Australians. Read more about FUSE 2014 in the summit report.

The MYAN was proud to auspice Australia’s first national conference on refugee young people in partnership with the University of Sydney Law School.  With over 300 representatives working across the education, employment, health, settlement and migration law fields, the forum was a unique and exciting opportunity to engage in the issues facing children and young people in the asylum and settlement contexts, and the sectors supporting them. The conference provided an important platform to explore good targeted approach to youth settlement. Read more in the Forum Report.

A 10 year snapshot of MYAN’s work and achievements from 2007-2017.

Presented by Andrew Cummings (MYAN Acting National Coordinator), Sally Thompson (MYAN TAS) and hosted by Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar explored good practice when working with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, using the MYAN’s  national Youth Settlement Framework (YSF).

This webinar built upon previous webinars hosted with MYAN to focus on recent developments with the National Youth Settlement Framework and how it can be applied in mainstream services. The webinar examined newly developed assessment guides designed to support the planning and evaluation of programs and activities for young people, as well as the launch of a new resource focusing on the participation of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, which is one of the Good Practice Capabilities outlined in the framework. The webinar also shared the experiences of a recent collaboration facilitated by Multicultural Youth Tasmania to embed the framework within a mainstream youth-focused program.

A full recording of this webinar is available on YouTube.

The audio, transcript and presentation slides are available here.

This webinar with the Australian Institute of Family Studies, presented by Nadine Liddy, Heather Stewart, Pilar Rioseco and John De Maio (March 2017) discusses the implementation of the National Youth Settlement Framework, providing examples of community based initiatives and practical strategies for supporting young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Check it out here.

Presented by Nadine Liddy (MYAN National Coordinator), Heather Stewart (CMY Regional Coordinator) and hosted by Child Family Community Australia (CFCA), this webinar explored good practice when working with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, using the MYAN’s  national Youth Settlement Framework (YSF).

The webinar audio and slides are available here and you can access a range of resources on the CFCA website.

Writing for FECCA Mosaic, Nadine Liddy, MYAN National Coordinator, writes that a targeted response at both the policy and service delivery levels is essential to address structural to address structural barriers and support young people’s sustained participation and engagement in Australian society.