Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community and Identity is a multi-year research programme that was developed to better understand the long-term journeys of refugees in New Zealand.
Methodology
The focus groups were conducted using a consultative rights-based approach. Participants were recruited using a snowball sampling technique leveraging established refugee networks and community leaders. The target population was people 18 years and older who arrived in New Zealand through the Refugee Quota Category as refugees around 10 years ago. To ensure the focus groups reflected a spread of the target population, consideration was given to nationality, gender, age and location.
Six focus groups were conducted in the four main resettlement areas of Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Christchurch. Two groups were agespecific (one with those who arrived under the age of 13 and one with those who are currently aged 45 and over), and one group was comprised of women only. A total of 65 people participated in the focus groups, with an additional two people taking part in an interview to mitigate under-representation within the Vietnamese population.