The PALM scheme has some problematic elements, and there are mixed feelings about it within Pacific Island countries.
Funding initiatives show an emerging agenda for transformation, recognition of the specificity of temporary migrants’ experiences of family violence, and the need for system reforms.
While it’s positive to see recognition from the Commonwealth government that the existing Family Violence Provision safety net needs changing, piecemeal intervention won’t go far enough to address underlying structural conditions that undermine women’s searches for safety.
Short-term measures don't address the fundamental systemic issues that lead these vulnerable women into danger.
How big does the problem have to be before something is done about it?
New research shows women on temporary visas are trapped in family violence by a lack of financial support, safe accommodation, and the threat of their visa being revoked.
Migrant visa holders have for years been feeling the pain of family separation that many of us are now experiencing in isolation.
The urgency of the risks and issues facing women on temporary visas is dangerously heightened by COVID-19.
A glaring gap in Australia's migration system is failing victims of gendered violence.
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