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Having a good friend, a good neighbour, can help you find yourself’: social capital and integration for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds in Australia

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Pages 3877-3899 | Received 11 May 2022, Accepted 31 Jan 2023, Published online: 22 Mar 2023

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