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Many people seeking asylum and refugees are facing some of the most difficult decisions right now: choosing between their basic human rights to housing, food security or healthcare.
While the Government continues to deny their rights, you can still help the ASRC provide relief for families that otherwise would lack essential medications or be at risk of homelessness this winter.
Unite your staff, students, community group or neighbours at your Food Drive or Fundraiser and get ready to join refugees and people seeking asylum in recognising their strength and resilience in their journey to safety and calling Australia home.
As a special thank you, you will be invited to visit our Footscray centre on World Refugee Day (June 20) for a tour.
Right now, thousands of people who came seeking safety are still living with unfair visa conditions banning them from working during an inefficient refugee process that can drag on for years.
But the former government’s cruel cuts to the meagre “Status Resolution Support Service” have left 98% of people seeking asylum without any income safety net to cover the basics.
Media Release 10 May 2023 The Albanese Government has introduced some much-needed targeted support in the Federal Budget for people seeking asylum and refugees. But the budget has maintained a deeply unfair, unjust and unequal system that excludes people in the community from accessing their basic rights. After two years, the lack of any rise
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Media Release 27 April 2023 The “Review of the Migration System” report, released today, has overlooked the urgent changes needed to ensure a fair and effective humanitarian visa system for people seeking asylum and refugees. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil’s speech today at the National Press Club on a new migration system for Australia’s future
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Friday, 21 April 2023 At a visit to our Centre today, Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Colin Brooks, announced a one-off grant of $500,000 to support the ASRC and its frontline staff to continue to provide a range of critical services for vulnerable communities in Victoria, including food relief, legal advice and representation, and social
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Dear Community, The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is committed to our future as a strong, impactful and independent human rights organisation that continues to create a fairer and more welcoming Australia together with people seeking asylum. Our purpose and the rights and needs of people seeking asylum will continue to be our primary focus
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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 asrc.org.au/welcome champions the journey of refugees who have come to Australia seeking safety, bringing a lifetime of skills, education and
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With 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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With the recent rise in the cost of living, food insecurity is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue among the student population. It is becoming harder and harder to find nutritious meals at affordable prices. The Asylum Seeker Resource Center (ASRC) understands the importance of this issue. That is why our social enterprise ASRC Catering launched
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Good food brings people together. It has the power to unite people from diverse backgrounds as one family, one community, and one people. That’s the power of Feast for Freedom. Every year, more than 1,000 people across Australia choose to celebrate what unites us, by hosting a Feast in their home, workplace, school, or community
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