Australia's Private Refugee Sponsorship Program: Creating Complementary Pathways or Privatising Humanitarianism?

Hirsch, A; Hoang, K; Vogl, A

Australia's Private Refugee Sponsorship Program: Creating Complementary Pathways or Privatising Humanitarianism?

Hirsch, A Hoang, K Vogl, A

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Publisher:: Operation Lifeline
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Refuge, 2019, 35 (2), pp. 109 - 122
Issue Date:: 2019-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Hirsch, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hoang, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vogl, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6327-0524	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Refuge, 2019, 35 (2), pp. 109 - 122	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0229-5113	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/136648
dc.description.abstract	This article provides the first history and critique of Australia’s private refugee sponsorship program, the Community Support Program (CSP). As more countries turn to community sponsorship of refugees as a means to fill the “resettlement gap,” Australia’s model provides a cautionary tale. The CSP, introduced in 2017, does not expand Australia’s overall resettlement commitment but instead takes places from within the existing humanitarian resettlement program. The Australian program charges sponsors exorbitant application fees, while simultaneously prioritizing refugees who are “job ready,” with English-language skills and ability to integrate quickly, undermining the principle of resettling the most vulnerable. As such, we argue that the CSP hijacks places from within Australia’s humanitarian program and represents a market-driven outsourcing and privatization of Australia’s refugee resettlement priorities and commitments.	en_US
dc.publisher	Operation Lifeline	en_US
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dc.subject.classification	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	en_US
dc.title	Australia's Private Refugee Sponsorship Program: Creating Complementary Pathways or Privatising Humanitarianism?	en_US
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Abstract:

This article provides the first history and critique of Australia’s private refugee sponsorship program, the Community Support Program (CSP). As more countries turn to community sponsorship of refugees as a means to fill the “resettlement gap,” Australia’s model provides a cautionary tale. The CSP, introduced in 2017, does not expand Australia’s overall resettlement commitment but instead takes places from within the existing humanitarian resettlement program. The Australian program charges sponsors exorbitant application fees, while simultaneously prioritizing refugees who are “job ready,” with English-language skills and ability to integrate quickly, undermining the principle of resettling the most vulnerable. As such, we argue that the CSP hijacks places from within Australia’s humanitarian program and represents a market-driven outsourcing and privatization of Australia’s refugee resettlement priorities and commitments.

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