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  • Evacuate PNG & Nauru

    Nine years after our government forced them to brutal offshore detention centres, more than 150 refugees and people seeking asylum are still trapped in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
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    To stay independent, we don't accept funding from the Federal Government. Instead, we are funded by you.
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  • Stand with us

    Join our online community of compassionate supporters to stay informed on breaking news and ways you can take action and support refugees and people seeking asylum.
    Join now
  • Evacuate PNG & Nauru

    Nine years after our government forced them to brutal offshore detention centres, more than 150 refugees and people seeking asylum are still trapped in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
    Take Action
  • Support Independence

    To stay independent, we don't accept funding from the Federal Government. Instead, we are funded by you.
    Support independence and support the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
    Donate now
  • Featured Stories

    By running a food drive, you can help the ASRC Foodbank in Footscray and Dandenong provide free groceries and toiletries to over 1,300 people every fortnight, most of whom have no income or work rights. 

    You can host a food drive with your school, community group or business; this is one of the most immediate and tangible ways to give someone a hand up.

    Host a Feast For Freedom this March and raise funds to provide food, shelter and health services for over 7,000 people seeking asylum who need support settling into Australia every year.  

    Register as a Feast for Freedom Host today and you’ll receive a host kit full of recipes gifted by refugees – so you can plan your Feast, and create a meal that makes a difference.

    The ASRC’s Community, Advocacy & Power Program (CAPP) is a six-week intensive training program to equip people with lived experience of seeking asylum with the leadership skills necessary to become powerful advocates for the refugee community. 

    Applications are now open for CAPP 2023 Melbourne. 

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      • 25 JAN 23
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      Support refugees this March by hosting a Feast for Freedom

      Support refugees this March by hosting a Feast for Freedom

      Good food brings people together. It has the power to unite people from diverse backgrounds as one family, one community, and one people. That’s the power of Feast for Freedom. Every year, more than 1,000 people across Australia choose to celebrate what unites us, by hosting a Feast in their home, workplace, school, or community

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      • 18 NOV 22
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      Why the fight for refugee rights still rages on under a new Government

      Why the fight for refugee rights still rages on under a new Government

      With the change of government in May 2022 came a glimpse of hope for people seeking asylum. Two of Labor’s election promises were to provide permanent protection for refugees who are currently subjected to a cruel and protracted temporary visa system, and to create a fairer process for people seeking asylum.  But as yet, there

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      • 08 NOV 22
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      ASRC CEO Kon Karapanagiotidis explains why he’s walking 50km in a single day

      ASRC CEO Kon Karapanagiotidis explains why he’s walking 50km in a single day

      Here at the ASRC, we’ve faced some pretty tough challenges: from finding ways to keep our doors open through the pandemic, to campaigning hard against this government’s disappointing budget, which puts even more public money into offshore and onshore detention. But now I want to share some news about a challenge that I’m actually looking

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      • 24 OCT 22
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      How to support refugees with the ASRC Challenge

      How to support refugees with the ASRC Challenge

      Every year, hundreds of people across Australia join together under the ASRC banner to clock up our Kilometres of Compassion (previously known as Run 4 Refugees), in support of refugees and people seeking asylum.  Now – in addition to major running events like Bridge to Brisbane or the Melbourne Marathon Festival – the ASRC is

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