The ASRC supports the call for a moratorium on the transfer of asylum seekers back to detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island where their safety is at risk. Around 200 asylum seekers from these centres are currently in Australia for critical medical treatment that isn’t available on Manus or Nauru. They are living in
Read moreDetained asylum seekers will be unfairly targeted by proposed new laws aimed at managing ex-prisoners who have been placed in detention after having their visas cancelled, ASRC CEO Kon Karapanagiotidis said today. “People who came to Australia on a range of different visas and were subsequently jailed for committing serious crimes are having their visas
Read moreOur extraordinary ambassadors the Cat Empire are calling on Melbourne to help the ASRC. Members of the band will be at 3 locations to meet and greet those donating to our foodbank and material aid program. Cat Empire are extremely passionate about the work of the ASRC. In their own word they say, “Wherever you
Read moreThe Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has lost not only a fellow advocate but a true friend. Someone whose involvement with the centre extended far beyond the purely professional to a warm and very personal friendship. Ms Fraser’s involvement with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre began in March 2010, at the launch of his biography at
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