Young migrants and refugees less likely to secure full-time employment after graduate: Research

New research shows Young migrants and refugees are less likely to secure full-time employment after graduation than Australian-born youth.

Young and migrant workers are most at risk of not getting paid for hours worked. Source: AAP

New research shows Young migrants and refugees are less likely to secure full-time employment after graduation than Australian-born youth.

A report by VicHealth, the CSIRO's Data61 Group and the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network 

found 45 per cent of young people from a migrant or refugee background will secure full-time employment, compared to 69 per cent of students born in Australia due to racial discrimination, lack of understanding of the local job market and overseas skills and qualifications not being recognised.

The report revealed that Young migrants are much more likely to be employed in part-time than full-time work, compared with Australian-born young people. 

VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter said with the right support young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds thrive in Australia.

“Young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds have enormous skills and capabilities to enrich our society but this research clearly shows we need to do more to break down the barriers holding them back from fully participating in our community.”