An investigation of strategies and programs that assist refugees and migrants into employment.

Currently Australia accepts around 150,000 migrants per year and an additional 13,000 refugees.Approximately 25% of the migrants accepted are from the UK. There are numerous visa categories under which migrants and refugees are accepted into Australia and currently the main categories are skilled migrants, family migrants (including new spouses) business migrants andhumanitarian refugees. This report considers programs and strategies (regardless of the clients' status as migrants, refugees
or asylum seekers) which demonstrated a high degree of success in

* getting the clients into the workplace
* assisting clients in maintaining employment
* providing opportunities for clients to progress - usually through further training or
ongoing support.