This information is for people seeking asylum who are being processed under the Fast Track system – this means people who arrived by boat in between 13 August 2012 and 31 December 2013, who have never been taken to Manus Island or Nauru. All people in this group have now been sent a letter inviting
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By Dzenana, ASRC volunteer We lived in a town called Konjic, in what is now known as Bosnia and Herzegovina, nestled in the Dinaric Alps 50kms south of Sarajevo. We had Serb and Croat neighbours, but Konjic was a Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) town and at the time, it didn’t seem likely that the border skirmishes
Read moreCan you smell what the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is cooking? The ASRC Catering team claimed an award at the Social Enterprise Awards last Wednesday, taking home the award for the best business with less than 20 full-time employees. The team were one of 26 finalists in eight categories selected by an independent panel, and
Read moreAt Federation Square last week on 1 December, the Food Justice Truck won the Healthy Happy Heroes (kid’s choice) Award, chosen by the students from Sunshine North Primary School, selected under the guidance of the Governor of Victoria the Honourable Linda Dessau AM, VicHealth and YMCA. The Truck was also finalist in a new category,
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