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People seeking asylum are being denied their basic human rights – facing barriers to live independently and are increasingly presenting at the ASRC with financial stress, complex mental health issues and greater impacts on their wellbeing.
Yet people seeking asylum are determined to rebuild their lives in safety and must be given the opportunities to do so.
We have exciting new items from ASRC Catering for you to enjoy at home. Whether you’re after a meal that simply needs to be heated up, or you’re an avid cook wanting to expand your usual repertoire (and pantry), there’s something for everyone.
This is a delicious and nourishing way for you to support our social enterprise and continue supporting the work of the ASRC.
The ASRC’s Community, Advocacy & Power Program (CAPP) is a three-month 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 within the media and Australian communities.
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Media Release 22 May 2022 Refugees and people seeking asylum have been subjected to unimaginably cruel and arbitrary policies over the last nine years. The results from the 2022 election have strongly rejected this politics of fear and division and clearly shown that Australians want a more humane and compassionate country for refugees. The Australian
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Media Release 3 May 2022 Reports of people held at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) being forcibly moved to the Christmas Island detention centre are concerning as the facilities on the island are woefully inadequate and harmful. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has spoken to people inside MITA who have been handcuffed without
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Media Release 20 April 2022 Temporary Protection Visas (TPV) and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (SHEV) are policy failures that separate families and prevent refugees from rebuilding their lives, they must be abolished. Over recent days in the run-up to the election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has indicated that maintaining these visas is a key policy
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Media Release 7 April 2022 Around 26 refugees have been released from onshore detention on 7-8 April 2022, joining around 250 people released since December 2020 and leaving an estimated 5 to 6 people transferred from offshore detention for medical reasons still in detention. Of the 26 people released it is estimated that 8 were
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A letter from Kon: We’re stronger than fear. If I had to sum up what this election result tells us in one sentence, that’s it. That’s the tweet. We are stronger than fear. Right now, it looks like the Labor Party will form a minority government. This is a victory for people seeking asylum and
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The resilience of our communities has been astounding during this pandemic. People have been in a daily survival mode – somehow finding a way through challenging times with very little safety nets like Medicare and this speaks to their courage, despite no help from the government. Over the past two years and right now, we’ve
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Mahshid is a powerhouse of Persian cooking, sharing Iranian hospitality and cuisine with the community. If you’re lucky enough to be invited to an Iranian house for dinner, she recommends you don’t eat for a few days prior. Mahshid is Iranian, and came to Australia by boat in 2013. Like so many others in her
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Being able to cook and share her traditional Malaysian-Indian cuisine with others brings Manel a particular joy that is incomparable. When she was 10 years old, her mother taught her to cook. Since then she has developed extensive knowledge on Malaysian-Indian flavours and spices. Now, Manel’s son is her world and because he loves to
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