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  • Join Our Community

    Stay informed on breaking news, ways you can take action, how to get involved with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and support refugees and people seeking asylum.
    Sign Up
  • Home is Here

    They’re our neighbours, our coworkers, our school friends, but are still being denied the chance to build their lives in safety. After 12 years, their home is here.
    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

    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 around 600 people every fortnight, most of whom have no income and no work 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 enable the essential services and support refugees need to rebuild their lives here.

    Refugees and people seeking asylum in Papua New Guinea and Nauru are facing a mental and physical health crisis.

    Will you call on Prime Minister Albanese and Minister Burke to urgently evacuate everyone to safety and close this shameful chapter for good? 

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    Stories

      • 10 OCT 24
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      World Homeless Day: How ASRC is Preventing Homelessness Among Refugees

      World Homeless Day: How ASRC is Preventing Homelessness Among Refugees

      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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      • 25 SEP 24
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      Home is Here: Rahim Haqsar

      Home is Here: Rahim Haqsar

      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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      • 23 SEP 24
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      13 Years in Limbo: Ghulam’s Journey for Freedom and Family

      13 Years in Limbo: Ghulam’s Journey for Freedom and Family

      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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      • 18 SEP 24
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      Home is Here: Sami Ullah

      Home is Here: Sami Ullah

      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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