Asylum Seeker Resource Centre blog

    • 18 JUN 18
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    Dr Susan Carland announced as ASRC Ambassador

    Dr Susan Carland announced as ASRC Ambassador

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) today announced the appointment of author, academic and media identity Dr Susan Carland as their newest Ambassador. Dr Carland is a renowned feminist and advocate for Muslim women and gender equality, who has also been a dedicated supporter of the ASRC, including its telethons. Dr Carland is honoured to

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    • 15 JUN 18
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    A young man has died on Nauru, the 12th person in offshore processing camps

    A young man has died on Nauru, the 12th person in offshore processing camps

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has received reports of a suicide of young man on Nauru under Australia’s offshore processing reigime. This is the 12th person to die under the Australian government’s offshore processing policy, and the 5th on Nauru. The ASRC, refugee advocacy organisations and the medical community have been calling on the Turnbull

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    • 13 JUN 18
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    Get ready for ASRC’s World Refugee Day Telethon

    Get ready for ASRC’s World Refugee Day Telethon

    At a time of intense stress for people seeking asylum, there is no better reason to come together and celebrate and support our community than World Refugee Day. To mark the occasion we are excited to host our annual ASRC Telethon – a huge day filled with celebration, shared stories and the gathering of community

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    • 06 JUN 18
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    Sunday kind of love

    Sunday kind of love

    By Kon Karapanagiotidis When it comes to how we respond to the mistreatment of people seeking asylum by the Turnbull Government, despair is not a strategy. This is what I keep telling people. Hope is. Guilt and shame are not a solution or a way forward. Love and community is. It’s what I was banking

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