Need help from the ASRC? Call 03 9326 6066 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10am – 4pm) or click here.
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 aroun 600 people every fortnight, most of whom have no income and no working 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 help provide the essential services and support refugees need to rebuild their lives here.
In the final parliamentary week of 2024, three significant migration amendments were passed, introducing sweeping changes that expand the government’s power over immigration processes. These laws affect the detention, removal, and entry conditions for migrants and refugees. Key impacts include stricter detention measures, broader powers to confiscate personal items, and the potential for entire nations to be designated as banned from entering Australia.
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is disappointed by today’s High Court decision in the case of CZA19 and DBD24. The Court held that detaining people seeking asylum while their visa applications are pending is lawful in some instances, even when there is no real prospect of their removal in the foreseeable future. The ASRC’s
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In its final budget before the Federal Election, the Albanese Government has failed to deliver fairness, compassion or lasting solutions for refugees and people seeking asylum. What was announced in Canberra tonight blatantly fails to address the unprecedented demand charities like the ASRC are facing. Every week, thousands of people seeking asylum are turning to
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The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is calling on the Albanese Government to use tonight’s Federal Budget to deliver on its promises of fairness, compassion and lasting protection for refugees and people seeking asylum. This is Labor’s final chance before the Federal Election to demonstrate leadership by ensuring people seeking asylum have access to basic
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The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) strongly opposes the Australian Government’s decision yesterday to deport members of the NZYQ cohort to Nauru. This move sets a dangerous precedent, raising serious concerns about human rights and fairness. The announcement, made to the media yesterday by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is based on the three brutal
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Today we mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to celebrate the joy and resilience of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from these communities. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre values human rights, fairness and dignity. In our work we have stood by people seeking asylum and refugees who
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Standing against discrimination and racism is one of ASRC’s core values. From the racist undertones in the rhetoric about refugees and people seeking asylum, the recent racist agenda evident in the Government’s harsh migration bills, to systemic racism suffered by our First Nations people and violent racist attacks on refugee rights activists, ASRC has consistently
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On the third Thursday in March every year, Australia marks the National Close the Gap Day when communities across Australia come together to highlight the issue of health equality and life expectancy for First Nations people as a fundamental right. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still live, on average, 10-11 years less than non-Indigenous
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When Lidys and Jose first arrived at the ASRC, they didn’t know what to expect. They had landed in Melbourne a month before and everything had been so new – from the unfamiliar language to the unexpected harshness of Melbourne winter. “This centre was a blessing from the moment we first walked in. We didn’t
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Need help from the ASRC? Call 03 9326 6066 or visit us: Mon-Tue-Thur-Fri 10am -4pm. Closed on Wednesdays.