Over the last decade, tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders have participated in temporary labour migration to Australia and New Zealand through the newly renamed Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme and the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme. As participation has increased, concerns have been raised about the schemes’ social impacts, including those on children and families. Despite being the largest demographic group in the Pacific, the voices of young people have been notably lacking from labour mobility research.

 
Focusing on the experiences of young people living in migrant households in Port Vila, Vanuatu, Together, Apart is a research project exploring the everyday social realities of young people living in migrant households participating in temporary labour migration to Australia and New Zealand.