Feminist research that takes an intersectional approach has highlighted how a woman's migration status can influence their ability to disclose domestic and family violence (DFV) and access formal support in the countries where they live, work and study. In recent years, research in Western multicultural societies such as Australia has shed light on the ways that restrictive state policies work against victim-survivors and can result in women delaying formal help-seeking, withstanding violence for longer periods and presenting at frontline services at a point of crisis. While important findings have been generated, very few Australian studies have documented responses to violence among women with insecure migration status, including the strategies they rely on to resist different forms of control and to keep themselves safe during a relationship with a violent partner.

This article draws on data from a study with 18 victim-survivors who experienced DFV when they were living in Victoria, Australia, and their migration status was ‘insecure’, and 23 professional stakeholders. It explores how women drew on personal strategies to resist, cope with, put a stop to and survive DFV. The article uses ‘citizenship’ as a lens to interpret women's experiences and in doing so draws attention to the ways that women's options for responding to DFV were impacted by the conditional nature of their migration status. It also highlights women's expressions of agency and explores the actions victim-survivors took, which influenced their lived experiences in different ways in the weeks, months and years following their move to the country. The article seeks to contribute to scholarship that challenges assumptions of passivity in research on DFV with migrant women and draws attention to the ways that women worked to ensure their safety and survival despite the limited recognition of their experiences in state policies that address gendered violence.

采用交叉方法的女权主义研究强调了女性的移民身份如何影响她们披露家庭暴力（DFV）以及在她们生活、工作和学习的国家获得正式支持的能力。近年来，在澳大利亚等西方多元文化社会进行的研究揭示了限制性国家政策对受害者幸存者的影响方式，并可能导致妇女推迟正式寻求帮助、更长时间地承受暴力并在一线服务中出现问题。危机点。虽然已经得出了重要的发现，但很少有澳大利亚研究记录了移民身份不安全的妇女对暴力行为的反应，

本文借鉴了一项研究数据，该研究涉及 18 名在澳大利亚维多利亚州居住期间经历过 DFV 且移民状况“不安全”的受害者幸存者，以及 23 名专业利益相关者。它探讨了女性如何利用个人策略来抵抗、应对、制止和生存 DFV。这篇文章以“公民身份”为视角来解释女性的经历，并以此提请人们注意女性应对 DFV 的选择受到其移民身份的条件性影响的方式。它还强调了妇女对机构的表达，并探讨了受害者幸存者所采取的行动，这些行动以不同的方式影响了她们移居该国后数周、数月和数年的生活经历。