@article{Nunn_Gifford_McMichael_Correa-Velez_2017, title={Navigating Precarious Terrains: Reconceptualizing Refugee-Youth Settlement}, volume={33}, url={https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40462}, DOI={10.7202/1043062ar}, abstractNote={<p>Settlement is widely understood as the final stage of the refugee journey: a durable solution to forced displacement and a stable environment in which former refugees can rebuild their lives. However, settlement is shaped by rapidly changing socio-political forces producing contingent, unpredictable, and even hostile environments. This article draws upon Vigh’s concept of social navigation to reconceptualize settlement as a continuation of a fraught journey in which refugee settlers must continually seek new strategies to pursue viable futures. We illustrate with an in-depth case study of the settlement journey of one refugee-background young man over his first eight years in Melbourne, Australia.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees}, author={Nunn, Caitlin and Gifford, Sandra M. and McMichael, Celia and Correa-Velez, Ignacio}, year={2017}, month={Nov.}, pages={45–55} }