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The ASRC Foodbank currently provides free groceries and toiletries to around 600 people every fortnight, most of whom have no income and no work rights. You can donate online or in person.
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Cut off from support and with restricted access to healthcare, refugees and people seeking asylum are facing serious mental and physical health issues in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
Will you call on Prime Minister Albanese and Immigration Minister Tony Burke to urgently evacuate everyone to safety and close this shameful chapter for good?
MEDIA RELEASE: ASRC caseworkers can confirm the majority of people held in closed detention on Nauru have recently been moved into the community, with many now struggling to afford three meals a day, clothes, drinking water and basic necessities. People in the community are allocated just $230 per fortnight to survive on, despite drinking water
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MEDIA RELEASE: A delegation of refugees failed by the unfair and flawed Fast Track system arrive in Canberra today to meet with Federal MPs and urge the Government to finally grant them permanent visas after more than 12 years of limbo and uncertainty. Delegates Elnaz, Milad and Sowriya represent Afghanistan, Iranian, and Tamil communities and
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MEDIA RELEASE: ASRC lawyers will give evidence today against legislation that inflicts impossible and rigid application deadlines and exorbitant fees on refugees, people seeking asylum and migrants seeking just outcomes through the new Administrative Review Tribunal (ART). ASRC’s evidence will be heard from 2 pm – 3pm today as part of a Senate inquiry into
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MEDIA RELEASE: Refugees and allies will join in solidarity at a peaceful vigil in Melbourne tonight, marking 60 days of ongoing protests urging the Government to grant permanency to approximately 8,500* people failed by the flawed Fast Track system. The refugee-led movement has built momentum in recent weeks, with 24-hour encampments now running in Melbourne,
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As we mark World Homeless Day 2024, this Thursday, October 10, we are reminded that having a safe, secure place to call home is a fundamental human right not available to everyone. For many refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia, experiencing homelessness is a very real challenge. Often left to survive in the community
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My name is Rahim and I’m 32 years old. I was born in Afghanistan and left my homeland in 2012, in search of a safe life. I first arrived at Christmas Island by sea and was then transferred to the detention centre in Darwin, where I spent about seven weeks before coming to Melbourne. When
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When Ghulam was forced to leave his wife and son, there was no knowing when they would be reunited again. A few months, maybe a year? He would never have guessed that 13 years later, he would still be separated from them. “For 13 years I have not seen my family – when I came
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I am Sami. I am 36 years old. I came by boat in 2013 to seek safety in Australia. I had thought Australia was a good country before I came here. I left behind my wife, my brother, my sister – everyone dear to me is back in Afghanistan. I spent four weeks on Christmas
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