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The situation of the rapidly growing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in many countries is one of increasing concern and the focus of a previous CDJ Special Issue [Vol. 40 Issue 2]. In this issue Mitchell, Kaplan and Crowe write from within the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture [VFST], Melbourne, of their experience of working with South Sudanese refugees using a VFST framework of community recovery developed to enhance refugee mental health and well-being. The authors argue that this approach has much in common with community development practice and suggest that it enabled the refugees to rebuild some core communal values and practices and sense