Mohammad first applied for protection in 2009. During the primary stages of his refugee determination process he experienced high levels of depression and anxiety. Now Mohammad, his pregnant wife and two young children are facing homelessness after being cut from lifesaving income support.
Over 90% of all people seeking asylum in Australia run out of food each week with no money to buy more. Everyday the ASRC Food Program is seeing more and more vulnerable people come through the doors who have no income, no work rights and no where to turn to. See what the Food Program means to our community.
For Yasmin* facing her second pregnancy without any income or Medicare was terrifying. She couldn’t get scans, blood test and was struggling with family violence as a result of all the stress. With the help of the ASRC Yasmin finally found support. Unfortunately, her story is one of thousands.
ASRC STATEMENT Thursday, 26th March The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) condemns the Albanese Government’s decision to invoke its new arrival control powers to ban Iranian visitor visa holders from travelling to Australia, effective immediately. The regulation, made yesterday under the Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No.1) Act 2026, prevents Iranian nationals holding Subclass 600 visitor
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 24th March Iranian refugees have this morning joined crossbench MPs and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre at Parliament House, calling on the Albanese Government to finally grant them and their families permanent protection after more than eight years living in the Australian community. Having seen the swift protection the Albanese Government provided
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has today launched a 7-day critical appeal to raise $220,000 to fund a national research and community mobilisation project to counter the growing rise of racism and anti-migrant narratives in Australia. The appeal comes amid increasing concern about the normalisation of language that dehumanises migrants, refugees, people seeking asylum
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) welcomes today’s High Court decision striking down the Federal Government’s use of punitive monitoring and control conditions on people living in the community on bridging visas. This is a critical affirmation of the rule of law and the constitutional limits on executive power, impacting on some of the refugees
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