A new report from Amnesty International has condemned Australia for turning Nauru into an open-air prison, where refugees and people seeking asylum face a cruel and elaborate system of abuse. The report, Island of Despair: Australia’s ‘processing of refugees’, is a disturbing and comprehensive expose of our government’s deliberate and systematic regime of neglect and cruelty. Based
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In September the ASRC received a donation of stationary from the wonderful students of Our Lady of Mercy College, as part of their Social Justice Program. This gift had a profound impact on one particular member seeking asylum. Cameron Gilbey, our Continuing Care Coordinator shares an open letter of thanks, and how this simple gesture enabled a member
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The ASRC Community Engagement Team is proud to be sharing our groundbreaking #WordsThatWork research and tools with you, our supporters, across Australia this month. We will be working with communities across Victoria to share tools that re-frame the national conversation and shift attitudes about the rights of people seeking asylum. Join us for a day of strategy, collaboration
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Law students from La Trobe University have partnered with the ASRC to launch a ‘Fast Track’ limited assistance clinic to make sure additional legal services are available to people seeking asylum. The students work under supervision of a dedicated lawyer to assist clients prepare a valid application for protection, including relevant Department of Immigration and Border
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