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Your support to the ASRC’s September Appeal puts people with lived experience front and centre to lead the change that refugees need to rebuild their lives in Australia.
As part of our community of compassion, your donations can help ensure that people seeking asylum have a seat at the table where decisions about their lives are made.
Have you seen our new Winter Menu? Inspired by the community we serve, Meals by ASRC Catering are convenient, nutritious, delicious and wholesome. Be sure to check the calendar for pick-up from the Fitzroy North kitchen, or get them delivered to your door (subject to availability). The menu is also available for event catering. Place an order via the ASRC Catering’s website.
The evacuation of people from Nauru shows what’s possible when the resilience and resistance of refugees is backed by the advocacy of compassionate citizens.
But dozens of refugees our government forced to the brutal Manus Island detention camp are still trapped in Papua New Guinea.
Tell your MP it’s time to evacuate the refugees abandoned in PNG, so they can rebuild their lives.
Media Release 13 September 2023 The Coalition government ignored a 2020 report commissioned by its own high-ranking officials that immigration detention was “failing” and may breach the government’s duty of care. The report by the former Secretary of the Attorney-General’s department, Robert Cornall AO, found that immigration detention causes mental deterioration and that long-term detainees,
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Media Release 18 August 2023 Important step forward at National Conference as ALP recommits to rights for people seeking asylum The Australian Labor Party (ALP) National Conference passed a series of amendments to the National Platform today, which further commits the Albanese Government to ensure the rights of people seeking asylum and refugees. Following an
Read moreMedia Release 11 August 2023 ASRC welcomes the announcement today from the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles that Australia’s humanitarian intake will increase by just over 2,000 places. At a time when more than 100 million people are forcibly displaced globally this increase in humanitarian intake is critical. Kon Karapanagiotidis CEO
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Media Release 19 July 2023 Today the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has released a new report marking ten years since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made the choice to send over 3,000 men, women and children who sought asylum by sea to offshore detention centres and deny them permanent resettlement. The report, entitled ‘Finish this
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At the age when many 14-year-olds were enjoying their youth, Betia and her family sought safety here after fleeing Iran. Arriving here with her mother, father, and brother, Betia’s teen years didn’t offer the same joy and freedom that others experienced. Instead, the family waited for over a decade, held in limbo, before being given
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The ASRC [Asylum Seeker Resource Centre] ASVET team is excited and delighted to announce that the Victorian State government has expanded the program’s eligibility to include all visa types – effective immediately (see extract from official notice below). The Asylum Seeker Vocational Education and Training (ASVET) program is a Victorian State government initiative which until
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The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s (ASRC) Welcome Refugees into the Workforce awareness campaign calls upon the community to become more hospitable and conscious about the challenges refugees face when joining the workforce. The ASRC campaign champions the journey of refugees who have come to Australia seeking safety, bringing a lifetime of skills, education and work experience.
Read moreWith the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) overcoming a possible closure just months ago, we understand how impactful the message of kindness and hope is in the face of making difficult choices. Through the resilience and generosity of our community, we enter this year’s Winter Appeal with an unfaltering determination, to alleviate the impossible choices
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