Asylum Seeker Resource Centre blog

    • 10 NOV 15
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    “You came to us for protection and then we killed you. For that I am deeply ashamed and sorry.”

    “You came to us for protection and then we killed you. For that I am deeply ashamed and sorry.”

    Written by Dana Affleck, founder of Road to Refuge and ASRC Youth Coordinator . Here she shares her memories of Fazel, the asylum seeker whose death has triggered rioting on Christmas Island. This gentle, wonderful man, Fazel Chegeni, has died under suspicious circumstances on Christmas Island after already being through hell and back both in Iran

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    • 30 OCT 15
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    Welcome to our newest member entrepreneurs

    Welcome to our newest member entrepreneurs

    ASRC’s newest graduates from the Social Entrepreneurs program Business Incubator have just launched their businesses to the world. Alopeople Alopeople is your local tourist agency, with a difference. Be immersed in the traditions of another country, in your very own backyard. The local agency, founded by our talented ASRC member, connects you to individuals and families

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    • 30 OCT 15
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    This is NØT a Protest

    This is NØT a Protest

    After six months of conversations, rehearsals, story-telling, and planning meetings over lunch at the ASRC, the ASRC Theatre Art Group is thrilled to launch its major performance, This is NOT a Protest at the BIG WEST Festival in Footscray, featuring people seeking asylum as co-creators and performers. This is a protest, that is not a protest, where

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    • 23 OCT 15
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    Community inclusion delivered in spades at the RMF Community Cup Day.

    Community inclusion delivered in spades at the RMF Community Cup Day.

    The second annual Reagan Milstein Foundation (RMF) community football day, in which the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre was an event partner, took place on Sunday 18 Oct 2015 at the Knox Regional Football Centre. The day could not have been any better as the sun shined down on the nearly 400 participants. The aim of

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