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Yet when we focus on women’s own accounts of risk and safety, we argue that the ‘vulnerabilities’ these women experience are in fact predominantly created by service and legislative regimes that operate in terms of gender and migration. Rather than assuming that such vulnerabilities are inherent for women from CALD communities, we need to better recognise women’s own assessments of risk and their searches for safety. Service and legislative responses that can support rather than inhibit women’s efforts to secure their own safety are critical.