Asylum Seeker Resource Centre blog

    • 10 DEC 13
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    Media Release – Human Rights Day 2013

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre pledges its ongoing commitment to asylum seekers as the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights marks its 20th anniversary on Human Rights Day. Media Release – Human Rights Day 2013

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    • 06 DEC 13
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    Media Release – Retaliation for disallowance of TPVs a disgrace

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre condemns the Australian Government’s actions to freeze the processing of protection applications and repeal complementary protection. Following the successful disallowance motion blocking TPVs, the Coalition government has launched an unprecedented attack on the rights of asylum seekers. Media Release – Retaliation for disallowance of TPVs a disgrace

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    • 22 NOV 13
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    Creating opportunities for asylum seekers, and the community

    The ASRC’s newly opened centre in Dandenong has completed its first English language class for 30 community-based asylum seekers. Director of the ASRC’s empowerment pillar Gavin Ackerly was part of the celebration. November 13 was Graduation Day for our very first English classes at the ASRC Dandenong. Outside it was grey, wet and bloody cold –

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    • 07 NOV 13
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    A fast track to injustice

    The task of determining refugee status is a complex one that requires a decision-maker to have all the essential facts of the claim before they make their decision. The latest proposal by the Coalition Government to “stop the boats” is to implement a policy known as the ‘detained fast tracking’ process (DFT), which will undermine the

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