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- 27 JUL 17
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The ‘Before’ and ‘After’ of a New Life
For Eugene*, who arrived in Australia from East Africa in late 2015, settling into Australian life occurred in two distinct phases. The first six months were disorienting, challenging and exhausting. The turning point came in July 2016 when he began work with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s social enterprise, ASRC Cleaning. The enterprise provides domestic
Read more- 24 JUL 17
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A timeline to remember
On July 19 2013, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that ‘any asylum seeker who arrives in Australia by boat will have no chance of being settled in Australia as refugees’ and would be sent to Papua New Guinea for processing and resettlement. Since the announcement, successive governments have failed in their duty of care
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