The Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI) has recently completed two papers for the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) on multicultural youth issues. The papers review and summarise the evidence on the needs of refugee, migrant and second generation youth from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. They also examine the current policy and program responses to these needs.

The first paper, Multicultural Youth In Australia: Settlement and Transition, addresses the particular issues facing multicultural youth in such areas as settlement, education and employment, identity and racism, family and community, income and housing, and health (including sexual health, mental health, and sport and recreation).  Download a copy (813kb)

The second paper, Working with Multicultural Youth: Programs, Strategies and Future Directions, identifies successful strategies and programs operating across Australia, as well as gaps in programs and their distribution; and suggests strategies and future directions for programs with multicultural young people. This paper includes valuable tables of programs in each state and territory, which while not comprehensive provide an interesting overview of available programs.  Download a copy (1.08MB)