This Report has been commissioned by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) and prepared in partnership with the La Trobe Refugee Health Research Centre, La Trobe University; The McCaughey Centre, VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, University of Melbourne; and the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (VFST) as a contribution to ongoing discussion about regional and rural refugee resettlement policy, strategies and choices.

The report’s aims are to:

1. increase understanding of the impacts of refugee regional and rural resettlement and relocation programs on the health and wellbeing of refugees;

2. increase understanding about the impacts of refugee regional and rural resettlement programs on regional communities; and

3. contribute to the development and evaluation of national, state and local government policies and programs relevant to the resettlement of refugees in regional areas.