Need help from the ASRC? Call 03 9326 6066 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10am – 4pm) or click here.
Make a difference to people seeking asylum by providing one of the most basic human rights – food and essential items such as toiletries.
The ASRC Foodbank currently provides free groceries and toiletries to aroun 600 people every fortnight, most of whom have no income and no working rights. You can donate online or in person.
Did you know we don’t take Federal Government funding, and much of our financial resources come from the community? Yes! Your ongoing support with monthly donations is critical in helping the ASRC keep its doors open.
Become a monthly donor and help provide the essential services and support refugees need to rebuild their lives here.
In the final parliamentary week of 2024, three significant migration amendments were passed, introducing sweeping changes that expand the government’s power over immigration processes. These laws affect the detention, removal, and entry conditions for migrants and refugees. Key impacts include stricter detention measures, broader powers to confiscate personal items, and the potential for entire nations to be designated as banned from entering Australia.
The ASRC welcomes the landmark decisions by the UN Human Rights Committee that Australia is responsible for the arbitrary detention of people who sought safety on our shores, yet successive governments banished them to offshore detention in Nauru and PNG. The harm of offshore detention is well documented with over 14 deaths, compensation payouts, child
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The Albanese Government’s new $2.3 billion deal with the US private prison operator, Management and Training Corporation (MTC), to run Australia’s onshore immigration detention network marks a troubling departure from its promise that “detention will occur in a government-run immigration detention centre.” Despite mounting evidence of MTC’s serious failures in the United States, the Australian
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“The ASRC is profoundly shocked to bear witness to tonight’s outrageous and unbelievably low attack on the people, families, children and communities we serve. It is a racist agenda that is reminiscent of the darkest days of our White Australia policy. “The Albanese Government and the Coalition blatantly colluded in the ultimate betrayal of Australia’s multicultural
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MEDIA RELEASE: Leading refugee and human rights advocates arrive in Canberra this morning to urge the Albanese Government to scrap three Brutal Bills that threaten the lives, rights and safety of over 80,000 refugees, people seeking asylum and migrant communities in Australia, and countless others who would be barred from entering the country. At a
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Leaving their home in Ethiopia was the only choice for Hawi, her husband Dejan, and their toddler Yafet. With Hawi being 6 months pregnant, the family was posed with a difficult choice. To stay meant facing severe persecution and arbitrary arrest, putting Dejan’s life in danger and leaving the family vulnerable. To leave meant a
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Today is World Human Rights Day—a day to remember a powerful promise made to the world: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This important document enshrines the foundations that everyone, no matter their race, colour, religion, gender, language, beliefs, nationality, or background, has the basic rights and freedoms they deserve as a human being. This
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Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), pouring their time, skills, and compassion into ensuring refugees and people seeking asylum receive the essential support they need. From offering food and legal aid to providing healthcare and a warm, welcoming presence, our volunteers are the lifeblood of our mission. Every
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With the festive season fast approaching, the spirit of giving is inspiring our community to ask: How can we show kindness and compassion to refugees and people seeking asylum at this time of the year? That’s why we’ve made it easy for you to stand with refugees and people during this special time of the
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Need help from the ASRC? Call 03 9326 6066 or visit us: Mon-Tue-Thur-Fri 10am -4pm. Closed on Wednesdays.