Here are a couple of pieces of information which may be relevant to you:

Research Report:
This report presents the findings of a research project conducted by the Schools Support Program at the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House). This project sought out the insights of students of refugee backgrounds on the barriers and facilitators to learning and engagement at school. Focus groups were conducted at three Victorian secondary schools, with 51 students (aged 13–19). The students were all from refugee backgrounds and had arrived in Australia within the past seven years. Through this project the Schools Support Program was able to learn directly from students of refugee backgrounds, and position them, through their lived experience, as experts on ‘what works’ to support them at school.

 Please see the links below:
http://www.foundationhouse.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/STUDENT-PERSPECTIVE-RESEARCH-PROJECT-REPORT_A4_WEB.pdf

http://www.foundationhouse.org.au/schools-support-program-resources/

A White Paper from Oxford University Press on L1 in the classroom – not new ideas but perhaps some of you may not have read much about this recently: https://thepienews.com/news/dont-leave-the-l1-out-of-english-taught-programs/