For too long our Government has chosen to deny refugees a life of dignity and safety, by keeping people locked up indefinitely in offshore and onshore detention. Many for close to eight years.
Right now there are still 1,835 people stuck in limbo in offshore processing and detention facilities across Australia. Some people have been kept apart from their families – separated from their children – for over eight years. They’ve been forced to miss first steps, birthdays and the simple joy of tucking their children into bed at night.
It’s cruel, unnecessary and it needs to end now.
The ASRC has been fighting to uphold the freedom and rights of people seeking asylum for almost 20 years, but to continue this work we need your help.
Together we can help support people while they are in detention and demand their freedom.
Here are five practical actions that you can take to help people in detention across Australia and in offshore processing right now.
Together we can end the barbaric practice of locking people up in indefinite detention, simply because they sought safety.
We won’t stop until they are free. Thank you for being a lifeline to their freedom.
The ASRC acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work every day.
We pay our respects to them, their customs, their culture, and Elders past and present. We recognise that First Nations' sovereignty and lands were never ceded. This land always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
As part of our commitment to First Nations justice, we support Treaty for Victoria. We pay the rent to Traditional Owners through www.paytherent.net.au
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