Need help from the ASRC? Call 03 9326 6066 (Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm) or click here.
Families seeking asylum are feeling the pressure to keep themselves afloat while trying to rebuild their lives with hope and dignity. This festive season, you can help shine a light of hope for them by donating to provide much-needed wrap-around care. Your support means people can access the ASRC Foodbank, Health Clinic and other essential services, all under one roof.
Just in time for the Festive Season, the ASRC Shop is back with meaningful gifts that do good. All your favourite artist collaborations, gift boxes from ASRC Catering and ASRC Cleaning, and value-statement pieces to show your support of refugees. Shopping from the ASRC Shop this giving season is another way to enable the programs and services that support refugees and people seeking asylum.
The ASRC’s annual Festive Food Drive is back on Sunday, December 3rd and your support is more impactful than ever.
With rising living costs and people seeking asylum relying on the ASRC Foodbank, we are calling on our community of compassion to aid us in helping to provide food for around 1,200 people each month.
Media Release Tuesday 21 November 2023 The Australian government must act immediately to evacuate dozens of refugees in PNG who will be evicted from housing and denied access to food and all medical assistance from this Thursday. Tensions between Australia and PNG over lack of payment for service provisions have caused a worsening humanitarian crisis
Read more
Media Release Thursday 16 November 2023 The Albanese Government must not proceed with knee-jerk, rushed legislation which continues to curtail people’s right to freedom after the High Court decision in NZYQ, the Human Rights Law Centre and Asylum Seeker Resource Centre said today. Last week, the High Court ruled that it is unlawful and
Read more
Media Release 9 November 2023 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) today welcomed the High Court’s ruling that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful, and called on the government to immediately release people who have been subjected to years of inhumane treatment. The decision overturns a 20-year-old precedent and could trigger the immediate release of 92
Read more
The Hon Anthony Albanese MP Prime Minister Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 3 November 2023 Dear Prime Minister I am writing to you, shocked by the reports coming out of Gaza in the last 48 hours of refugees being killed and refugee camps being bombed in breach of international law. As the CEO of the
Read more
With the festive season fast approaching, our community of compassion is beginning to wonder how they can be more present for people seeking asylum and refugees in Australia. Our supporter care line is flooded with calls of support every day and questions about how to get involved, so we wanted to make it easy for
Read more
On 22 September, a courageous group of women set out from their homes in Melbourne’s north and west to begin an epic 640 km journey to the nation’s capital – by foot. The Tamil and Iranian women walking to Canberra are seeking a path to permanent residence and citizenship for around 10,000 people failed by
Read more
Saajeda’s voice of strength and advocacy has built volume over the years, amplified through her various lived experiences. And experience she has, being a powerful advocate for her community and the ASRC, not shying away from addressing what must be faced. Like many who come seeking safety, the story begins long before the act of
Read more
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
Read more
Connect with us
Need help from the ASRC? Call 03 9326 6066 (Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm) to book an appointment.